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Hi everyone, Our historic house museum, Scotty's Castle, is experiencing higher than average rodent levels this past year and the park's leadership is concerned about hantavirus risk from rodent levels. We are trying to figure out how to effectively neutralize hantavirus in rodent excrement during ...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some guidance on purchasing earthquake straps/bungee cords for our collections storage: - We have SpaceSavr movable storage which has, on average, seven shelves per unit. Would you place straps on all the shelves, or leave them off the lower-level shelves? - Are there ...

Hi Ron, Rusted metal objects would be very likely to sustain more damage if they come into contact with water. Moving paper documents into a basement that floods regularly would also put your documents at risk of water damage and mold - even if the water doesn't touch the documents, high humidity ...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking for information on how to create a conservation-quality rug pad for a rug in a historic house museum. This rug is quite large and will have furniture sitting on it, if that affects the type of rug pad used. All of the information I've been able to find online has ...

Thank you for your reply, Nicole! We are using just standard commercial Velcro strips, so a stronger adhesive may fix the problem. Most of the objects stored near the emergency exit doors are more robust (metal objects and wood furniture), but since those shelving units nearest the doors are our ...