UNDERSTANDING AIRTIGHT CASE ENVIRONMENTS

AT NMAI: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

AMERICANS National Museum of the American Indian

Opened January 18, 2018

THE ISSUES

Man’s Shirt (009963.000), ca. 1860Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)

Headdress (180774.000) Sicangu Lakota (Brule Sioux)

CASE TESTING

CAR/PDMS

CAR/PDMS

COLLECTIONS TESTING

CAR/PDMS

MATERIALS TESTING

THE SOLUTION

Venting

locations

VIABLE SOLUTIONS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE

APPROACHES

CALI MARTIN, NMAI-DC COLLECTIONS MANAGER

KELLY MCHUGH, NMAI SUPERVISORY COLLECTIONS MANAGER

GWÉNAËLLE KAVICH, MCI CONSERVATION SCIENTIST

ALBA ALVAREZ-MARTIN, MCI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

KIM HARMON, OSHEM INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST

REBECCA KACZKOWSKI, MCI CONSERVATION SCIENTIST