Cristin, Contact the collections management department for anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. A few years back I helped them remove a birch bark canoe from exhibit. It was a well planned move and everything went smoothly. Good luck, Jennifer >From: Patti Davis-Perkins <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] birch bark canoes >Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:05:46 -0500 > >Cristin, > > > >I have forwarded your question onto our conservators here at the Canadian >Museum of Civilization. The museum recently restoration a rare birch bark >canoe belonging to the National University of Ireland in Galway. Since May >2007, conservators at the Museum painstaking undertook the conservation of >a six-metre Maliseet watercraft, possibly the oldest canoe of its kind in >the world. > > > >The canoe has since returned to Ireland. > > > >I think we can safely say we are a centre of expertise in this area. > > > >Google Canadian Museum of Civilization + birch bark canoe + Ireland" for >further details. > > > >Patti > > > >Patricia Davis-Perkins > >Documentaliste de multimédia > >Bibliothèque, archives et services de documentation (BASD) > >Musée canadien des civilisations > >Multimedia Documentalist > >Library, Archives and Documentation Services (LADS) > >Canadian Museum of Civilization > >100, rue Laurier Street, Gatineau, QC K1A 0M8 > >Tél.: 819 776 8456 Fax.: 819 776 8300 > >________________________________ > >From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of Waterbury, Cristin >Sent: November 19, 2008 4:39 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [MUSEUM-L] birch bark canoes > > > >Does anyone have experience with the "care and feeding" of birch bark >canoes in their collections? We are looking for information about how you >maintain them as collections objects, what particular preservation or >conservation issues they may have, and also how you transport them. We are >potentially facing a situation where we would be moving one by truck from >another town about 4 hours away, and we would also be moving the canoe on >and off exhibit once it's here. If anyone has any experience or expertise >with this type of object, I'd very much like to hear from you. > > > >Thank you! > > > >Cristin J. Waterbury > >Registrar/Collections Manager > >Wisconsin Maritime Museum > >75 Maritime Drive > >Manitowoc, WI 54220 > >toll free 1-866-724-2356 > >local 920-684-0218 > >fax 920-684-0219 > >[log in to unmask] > >www.wisconsinmaritime.org > > > >========================================================= Important >Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed >information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should >read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to >[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff >Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).