[Nhcoll-l] whale bones

[Ososky, John]

There was a two day conference at the natural history museum in Nantes, France in February of this year that dealt primarily with the issue of cleaning grease (and dirt and grime) from cetacean skeletons. They recently posted all the abstracts online. Probably the most relevant technique for the purpose of cleaning the skeletons in Leiden was presented by the Norwegian team. They used a process of brushing in a solution of detergent and ammonia into the surface and immediately using a wetvac to pull it off. This seemed to work very well for them, especially on old greasy gimy cetacean exhibit specimens.

John Ososky
Smithsonian Institution
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