While I do not have direct experience of using an air purifier in a historic house museum setting, I have used a portable one (Honeywell HEPA filter air purifier) in my home so I am familiar with them. In theory it should be a good idea for reducing dust and other allergens in the space, however three things come to mind that you may want to carefully consider:
1 - Will the air purifiers look out of place or distracting in the period room setting?
2 - Will be air purifier be noisy to run (I found mine was so noisy it was difficult to hold a conversation in the room where it was running)?
3 - Will the blowing exhausted air disturb artifacts nearby?
Perhaps you could work around these issues by being selective about when to run the machine. Alternatively, some models may be better suited to your purposes than others. I would be interested to hear what you decide and how well it works for you.
Dee
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Dee Stubbs-Lee
Conservator
New Brunswick Museum
Saint John NB
+1 506-608-0380
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2024 09:37
From: Craig Deller
Subject: Air purifiers for historic house museum
I will add to my previous post that you may want to consider several smaller units placed throughout the house as opposed to one large floor model.
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Craig Deller
FAIC
FIIC
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-12-2024 10:50
From: Craig Deller
Subject: Air purifiers for historic house museum