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Hi Rachel, It might be helpful to get an assessment from the pest control company you work with, and ask what chemicals they would use to treat a hornet nest. From there we could determine if the chemicals would be safe to use on the sculpture. I would try to avoid anything that contains chlorine ...

Hi Alyssa, I reached out to Fran Richie from the Harpers Ferry Center about your question, and this was her response: Are the feathers themselves deteriorating, or are the components that attach everything together to make the feathers into a fan deteriorating? If the components, it would be ...

Hi Erin, MuseumPests.net has a really great resource on monitoring options. I think blunder traps are a good start - I have used the Catchmaster Pro Mouse and Insect Glue Traps for integrated pest management at school. The traps are checked once a month to keep track of activity. --- ...

Hi Nadia, Silver fish are wily creatures! CCI recommends a vinyl door sweep. According to MuseumPests.net, door sweeps should be properly fitted to exterior doors, and should be snug against the threshold and flush with the doorframe on both sides. They have other suggestions for exterior doors ...

Hi Carmina, Storing the binders in boxes on the metal shelves (off the floor) is a good solution. I also agree that the manuals should stay in their respective binders to prevent dissociation/ disorganization. If the environment is stable, I think archival Banker's boxes would work just as well ...