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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rob and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for all of those details and articles. We need to compile more of these facts so we can use them as part of our modus operandi. It is useful to point
to standards when pushed by exhibit designers to pull specimens for display. It will be nice to get feedback from exhibit designers once they develop interesting alternatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">BTW, we looked at the display cases windows. It looks like the area where the specimens were displayed did not get direct sunlight, but bright reflected light
from a white concrete walkway. The cases are within a climate controlled area, but I would suppose they heat up due to the bright light exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">There is another cautionary tale related to those display cases. A prism hanging in a window that got a little bit of direct sun focused a beam of light on a
wall and started burning it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> rw@protectheritage.com [mailto:rw@protectheritage.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 12, 2017 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Perkins,Kent D <kperkins@flmnh.ufl.edu>; 'Debra Trock' <dtrock@calacademy.org>; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu; herbaria@NACSE.ORG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Nhcoll-l] [HERBARIA] displaying plants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">In my experience, although overheating can cause chlorophyll colour loss, we need look no further than light exposure to fully explain the changes Kent has so nicely
documented. In recent controlled light exposure experiments Druzik and colleagues at the Getty Conservation Institute found the light sensitivity of chlorophyll containing leaves to be in the range of Blue Wool 1.5 to 3 (Beltran, Vincent L.; Druzik, James;
and Maekawa, Shin. 2012. Large-scale assessment of light-induced color change in air and anoxic environments. Studies in Conservation 57(1): 42-57). This roughly corresponds to expecting a full fade after exposures ranging from weeks to months in moderately
bright exhibits. In full sunlight (think of lawn mower grass clippings) the transition from green to brown occurs within a few days. Ultraviolet content of the light makes little difference to the fading rate of such highly fugitive colours. Indeed, for chlorophyll,
the absorption spectrum (see, e.g., </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__biology4alevel.blogspot.ca_2015_08_101-2Dphotosynthetic-2Dpigments.html&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=T-8xlXasJk-3UGSQ30LtzpiV4HeGhkdJT9zQMpgkJu0&s=12hP23tLFDmTd9yKW1crsdiN9fuhnux6NUhp4CB1XGI&e="><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://biology4alevel.blogspot.ca/2015/08/101-photosynthetic-pigments.html</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">)
is likely the same as the damage spectrum and UV may play no part at all in fading. Tse, Season; Cipera, Luci; and Leckie, Carolyn 2011. Microfade testing to support exhibit decisions: the Catharine Parr Traill scrapbooks. Collection forum 25(1): 92-106
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.spnhc.org_media_assets_cofo-2D25.pdf&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=T-8xlXasJk-3UGSQ30LtzpiV4HeGhkdJT9zQMpgkJu0&s=zQ3dZNvmOi-laWb-xCVm3PLT5kSoZm_K_nSoogezMyc&e="><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.spnhc.org/media/assets/cofo-25.pdf</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"> provide
a sense of the diversity of light sensitivities in a variety of materials within bound herbaria and provide sensible advice to guide exhibition decisions. See Michalski: “Agent of Deterioration: Light, Ultraviolet and Infrared”
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__canada.pch.gc.ca_eng_1444925073140&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=T-8xlXasJk-3UGSQ30LtzpiV4HeGhkdJT9zQMpgkJu0&s=C3wQECXyjYNvqB89oVVxcERj9Vek9Tu_Cwt0AQPhb40&e="><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1444925073140</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"> for good explanations
of these issues and visit the CCI light damage calculator </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__canada.pch.gc.ca_eng_1450464034106&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=T-8xlXasJk-3UGSQ30LtzpiV4HeGhkdJT9zQMpgkJu0&s=CauZyZ3L7NW9l-Lr4Sg6uL97fK6KBh2JXihBDOkx2Hk&e="><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://canada.pch.gc.ca/eng/1450464034106</span></a><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">
to explore fading rates for different light sensitivities under different lighting conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">In summary:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Focus on visible light intensity and duration as the dominant factor controlling rate of discolouration of (especially green) plant materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Accept that exhibiting plant materials even under low light and anoxic conditions is largely destructive of chlorophyll and other colourants – if possible,
exhibit only expendable, or previously faded, specimens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366">Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Robert Waller, PhD, CAPC, FIIC<br>
President and Senior Risk Analyst<br>
Protect Heritage Corp.<br>
622 Simoneau Way<br>
Ottawa ON K4A 1P4<br>
email: </span><a href="mailto:rw@protectheritage.com"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">rw@protectheritage.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">internet:
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">phone: 613-883-2707 (Canada)<br>
phone: 303-872-9739 (USA)<br>
skype: rrwaller<br>
<i>and, </i>Research Associate, Canadian Museum of Nature<br>
<i>and,</i> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Queen’s University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> [</span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Perkins,Kent D<br>
<b>Sent:</b> January 11, 2017 4:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Debra Trock <</span><a href="mailto:dtrock@calacademy.org"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">dtrock@calacademy.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">>;
</span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;
</span><a href="mailto:herbaria@NACSE.ORG"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">herbaria@NACSE.ORG</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] [HERBARIA] displaying plants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hi Deb,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We have been working on an exhibit for the FLMNH 100<sup>th</sup> Anniversary (the herbarium is actually older
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We learned from an earlier experience that light is certainly an agent of deterioration! We placed some
<b>duplicate</b> specimens in a display case for public viewing which faces a covered walkway from October to mid-Feb. The window "supposedly" has UV protection but I believe it does get some strong direct sun. There is probably little or no climate control.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Here is a comparison of the specimens before and after:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.flmnh.ufl.edu_herbarium_specimens_zoom_imagezoom-5Fhtml5.asp-3Ffolder-3D240-26image-3D240186a1-23ImageTop&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=4LKKxDBKanOjL6SIs4Q-Qj_OfdjSYVJqNc4XW6pwiNc&s=k7G_niaxHblXVgH2YBNTjfaTCkyb26mMkxgsULKx37M&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/specimens/zoom/imagezoom_html5.asp?folder=240&image=240186a1#ImageTop</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.flmnh.ufl.edu_herbarium_specimens_zoom_imagezoom-5Fhtml5.asp-3Ffolder-3D240-26image-3D240186a2-23ImageTop&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=4LKKxDBKanOjL6SIs4Q-Qj_OfdjSYVJqNc4XW6pwiNc&s=IgV6jY57Eq15yEmKIia89H16K--SN4BRtaEFJQPMcSQ&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/specimens/zoom/imagezoom_html5.asp?folder=240&image=240186a2#ImageTop</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The specimens in our new exhibit will definitely be sheltered from light. But, to be safe we are not using any accessioned material. We are creating “surrogate”
specimens or high quality photographs. In fact, I think the public would be just as pleased with the photos of the specimens as they are with the real thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">There was an inquiry on this subject some while ago, I think on NHCOLL. Tim Dickinson (</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.eeb.utoronto.ca_people_d-2Dfaculty_Dickinson.htm&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=T-8xlXasJk-3UGSQ30LtzpiV4HeGhkdJT9zQMpgkJu0&s=g0XCmb1UTEWY2_T0SW1diWtskckAJVGC6Fu3Zg1FI7Y&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/people/d-faculty/Dickinson.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">)
responded with the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">“The experience of the ROM Green Plant Herbarium is similar to that of others who have replied to this enquiry: herbarium specimens
placed on display fade. In our experience, rotating the contents of display cases is usually impractical, and doing so would take away time from more pressing activities. Where they can be mounted a few feet away from a museum visitor, color scans of specimens
are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. <br>
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My colleague, Deb Metsger, describes how she and her co-workers dealt with this issue in part of a report she made on the ROM's " Life in Crisis: The Schad Gallery of Biodiversity" that opened in 2009. This report was published in the Bulletin of the Canadian
Botanical Association, and is available online at </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cba-2Dabc.ca_Bulletin-5F43-5F3.pdf&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=4LKKxDBKanOjL6SIs4Q-Qj_OfdjSYVJqNc4XW6pwiNc&s=xeDcmvLrrYhTY7Z03inQq1od1GXlICcakSnzr0jOCdg&e="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">http://www.cba-abc.ca/Bulletin_43_3.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
(p. 12 of the .pdf file, page 60 of the Bulletin). The report describes how the gallery team used scans of herbarium specimens, real plants, and models to convey the diversity of plants to museum visitors, not as backdrops to animal displays, but rather as
vital components of diverse ecosystems. It may be of interest to others confronted with similar challenges<br>
---TAD.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We’ve found that publication to have a lot of helpful hints.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kent</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kent D. Perkins, Manager of the Collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Florida Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">379 Dickinson Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PO Box 110575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Gainesville, FL 32611-0575<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ph. 352-273-1990<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> HERBARIA [</span><a href="mailto:herbaria-bounces@NACSE.ORG"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mailto:herbaria-bounces@NACSE.ORG</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Debra Trock<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 11, 2017 12:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">;
</span><a href="mailto:herbaria@NACSE.ORG"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">herbaria@NACSE.ORG</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [HERBARIA] displaying plants<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Does anyone have experience with different ways of preserving/presenting plants for exhibitions? We are planning an exhibit of California coastal life and a portion of that exhibit will be devoted
to plants and algae. Our exhibits team is asking for advice on interesting ways (besides herbarium sheets, fake plants, or living plants) to preserve plants for exhibition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">I have no experience in this realm, so am open to any ideas or suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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