<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Miguel,<div><br></div><div>I don't recommend coating the bones in a varnish as this won't protect against UV penetration and won't allow the bones to expand and contract with environmental fluctuations. </div><div><br></div><div>Instead try to find a way to protect the area with external means, applying UV film to the windows or a strategically placed fabric canopy might do the job. Or ideally find another location to exhibit the specimen where it won't be exposed to outside light.</div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000">Bethany Palumbo, ACR</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Head of Conservation Unit</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Statens Naturhistoriske Museum</font></span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><img width="96" height="40" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x27Q3WyXJtc0hVDLhuSGlVOlSeUzp0BceeqFilFI-2Ma0XoUVX8vhSbEf_NJXYsgqjR9S0YoI"><br></div><div><br></div><div>Instagram | @palumbo_conservation</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 at 22:22, Miguel Pinto <<a href="mailto:miguel.pinto.baez@gmail.com">miguel.pinto.baez@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p>Dear Colleagues:</p>
<p>At the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos Islands, we are planning to display a Bryde's whale skeleton in a corridor. While the specimen will be sheltered from rain, some parts of the skeleton may receive direct and indirect sunlight for a few hours each day.</p>
<p>What recommendations would you suggest to minimize potential damage from sun exposure? Would applying a protective varnish to the bones be an effective solution?</p>
<div>Very best, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Miguel Pinto, PhD</div><div>Coordinador de Colecciones | Curator</div><div>Colecciones de Historia Natural | Natural History Collections</div><div>Estación Científica Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin Research Station<br></div>Fundación Charles Darwin | Charles Darwin Foundation<br>Puerto Ayora, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador<br>Tel. +593 5 2 526 146 - ext 318<br><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C-Pinto" target="_blank">Research Gate</a> | <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ogsGq5oAAAAJ&view_op=list_works" target="_blank">Google Scholar</a></div><div><br> </div><a href="http://www.darwinfoundation.org" target="_blank">www.darwinfoundation.org</a><br><br>La
misión de la Fundación Charles Darwin y su Estación Científica es
abordar las mayores amenazas y desafíos para Galápagos a través de
investigación científica y acciones de conservación para salvaguardar
uno de los tesoros naturales más importantes del mundo.<br><br>The
mission of the Charles Darwin Foundation and its Research Station is to
tackle the greatest threats and challenges to Galapagos through
scientific research and conservation action, in order to safeguard one
of the world’s most important natural treasures.<br></div>
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