[NHCOLL-L:5426] RE: quick show of hands for wet collection temp/humidity levels

[Jean-Marc Gagnon]

At the Canadian Museum of Nature, the specs are exactly that at the moment : 18°C +/- 1°C, RH: 50% +/- 5%.

Our systems are keeping up with these values fairly well but it is quite demanding (and probably not cheap).  We are currently looking at whether we can increase the range a bit.

Jean-Marc


Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D.
President of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (www.spnhc.org) 
 
Chief Collection Manager / Gestionnaire en chef des collections
Invertebrate Collections / Collections des invertébrés
Canadian Museum of Nature / Musée canadien de la nature
P.O. Box 3443, Stn "D" / C.P. 3443, Succ. D
Ottawa, ON Canada K1P 6P4
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E/C: jmgagnon at mus-nature.ca
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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jess Rosales
Sent: May-12-11 3:03 PM
To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5419] quick show of hands for wet collection temp/humidity levels

Hi all,

Can I get a quick show of hands for wet collections that follow Simmons' recs for temp and humidity levels? (65 deg F and 50% RH). If not, at what temp/RH is your collection stored?

Thanks,

Jess

Jessica Rosales
Ichthyology Collection Manager
Texas Natural History Collections
Texas Natural Science Center
The University of Texas at Austin
10100 Burnet Road, PRC 176/R4000
Austin, TX 78758-4445 USA

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