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I second Janice Klein in that mold spores are everywhere and only need the correct environment to bloom. As a library conservator and museum curator I have often struggled with keeping mold at bay from books and objects. HVAC systems frequently don't control humidity well. What is most important is that ...

Dear Erin, I would like to recommend my book as a resource: "Architectural Photoreproductions: A Manual for Identification and Care" as well as "Line, Shade and Shadow: The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings" by Lois Olcott Price Also, my and my colleagues' original ...

Jodi, I agree with both of the earlier answers. At my State University museum we have a wet pipe system in our 12,000 square foot climate-controlled storage archive that holds more than 35,000 objects.Over the last few years our fire inspection reviewers made the recommendation to switch to a dry pipe ...

I agree with the use of a cart. As a museum with objects spread amongst 60 buildings across the three campuses of our university we move more than 300 objects per year to and from our operations facility. We have a large purpose built cart, which buckles in to our 15 foot van. Instead of draping plastic, ...

Dear Meghan, Our technique is as follows: We place a couple of small strips of blue painters tape on the wall, smaller than the size of the label. We then use one of two methods to attach the label to the taped area on the wall: either double stick foam tape or reusable "sticky tack". The sticky ...