[Nhcoll-l] EXT : The Dangerous Museum

[Simons, Michael (ES) (Contr)]

Not in the natural history field any more but in addition to ionizing and non ionizing radiation, asbestos, cadmium, lasers etc we occasionally encountered formally sensitive military electronics with self destruct mechanisms.  We had a bit of a tiff with NASM collection folks recently when we loaned them a pieces of WWII RAF hardware.  The explosive charge (basically a shotgun shell) was removed but I failed to tell them.  

Oops!!!

Mike


Michael Aurele Simons 
Director 
National Electronics Museum 
1745 West Nursery Road 
Linthicum, Maryland 
410-765-3803 
www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org

           

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Hi all,
 
I'm working on a talk for visitors to our museum that's all about the types of dangers (dangerous objects, substances, activities, etc.) we sometimes encounter in our work behind-the-scenes in collections. It's meant to be informative, not to mention---entertaining. I'm starting with how we get objects to the museum, preparing & conserving them, handling them, etc. If any of you have any stories or images you are willing to share along these lines, please contact me. I'd love to hear about what you've had to deal with from disease-carrying rodents to nasty stuff on clothing & herbarium sheets, and everything in between. 
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Chris Chandler

Curator of Natural Science
Putnam Museum
Davenport, IA 

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