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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are planning storage conditions for a new collections building. In our current building, all tanned mammal skins are stored in a refrigerated, locked room. Recently,
the fridge unit malfunctioned and the room had to be completely emptied. We are considering eliminating the fridge in the new building and integrating the tanned hides with the rest of the collection to avoid the risk of future melt down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I would love to hear your experiences with tanned hides. Have you found refrigeration to be a net benefit to preservation? We have been storing some mounted taxidermy
in the fridge room, as well. I am a little concerned that the fridge might make these specimens more prone to drying and cracking. Do other people have experience with this?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for all of your thoughts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Anna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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