Profile

Hi Nikki, I live in an area with high rodent population and regularly live-trap mice in my house. (Luckily we do not have a mouse issue in the collections!) The issue is always whether the mouse survive until you next get there to check the trap (otherwise, a snap trap is the more humane option). Instead ...

Hi Ron, The National Park Service has several Conservograms about photograph storage online. Here's the link to the one focused on photograph storage: Conserve O Gram Volume 14 Issue 4: Caring of Photographs - General Guidelines and here's the link to the whole selection of Conservograms: NPS Conserve ...

We have a collection of very dirty slide transparencies that need to be cleaned before digitization. What is the best way to go about it? Looking on conservation supply websites, I see blowers, brushes, even a chemical called PEC-12. It makes me nervous to think about applying a chemical to film emulsion. ...

There used to be a lot of recorded webinars available through the Connecting to Collections website. Are these still available or did they go away in the transition? ------------------------------ Samantha Richert Museum Curator North Cascades National Park Service Complex Marblemount WA (360) ...