[Nhcoll-l] earthen plaster or clay plaster

[Dirk Neumann]

Dear Lennart,

it might be worth contacting colleagues in Berlin (Peter Bartsch); they 
installed a wall heating/cooling system that is installed within the 
plastering of the storage room walls which is covered by a clay 
rendering. This plastering is considered to balance relative air 
humidity fluctuations within the storage area.

There is a nice publication of Peter and colleagues about the planning & 
reconstruction works of the collections in Berlin, including the iconic 
East Wing with its new fluid storage; you can download the PDF here: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Bartsch4/publication/280555526_Bartsch_P_Quaisser_C_Giere_P_Theuer-Kock_A_Feck_N_2013_New_meets_old_-_the_requirements_and_limits_of_new_collection_facilities_at_the_Museum_fur_Naturkunde_Berlin_-_Climate_for_Collections_Standards_/links/55b8d92808ae9289a08f4b55/Bartsch-P-Quaisser-C-Giere-P-Theuer-Kock-A-Feck-N-2013-New-meets-old-the-requirements-and-limits-of-new-collection-facilities-at-the-Museum-fuer-Naturkunde-Berlin-Climate-for-Collections.pdf

The publication includes results of the monitoring they did prior and 
after the renovation works. As a result, they decided against 
installation of humidifying/dehumidifying units to control relative 
humidity within the storage area, because if such units fail, they may 
cause huge damage to collections.

Hope this helps
Dirk


Am 22.10.2020 um 13:47 schrieb Lennart Lennuk:
>
> Dear all
>
> Do you have any experience about what materials use for collections 
> rooms walls.
>
> Is earthen plaster or clay plaster safe for collections?
>
> Best regards!
>
> Lennart Lennuk
>
> Head of zoology
>
> Estonian Museum of Natural History
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