SGER: Mold Remediation in the Tulane University Museum of Natural History

在亨利L博士的指导下，杜兰大学获得了一笔赠款。2005年卡特里娜飓风袭击新奥尔良地区后，自然历史博物馆的鱼类收藏受到霉菌的破坏。 动物学研究藏品中有几个重要的藏品，幸运的是，这些藏品存放在二战时期的老式储藏掩体中，经受住了风暴的考验，没有造成重大的结构损坏。 然而，空调系统被关闭了几个星期，霉菌开始在墙壁上和鱼收藏的玻璃罐上生长。 这笔资金将用于雇用两名策展助理一年，以消除和箱罐，储存在一个单独的建筑物，而存储掩体是清洁和重新粉刷，然后清洁罐子，因为他们是在翻新的设施更换。 条形码将使5,000个盒子和标本罐的跟踪变得容易和有效。 这些收藏品是重要的研究和教学资源，在卡特里娜飓风造成的破坏后，恢复这些收藏品将对恢复这些用途至关重要。

A grant has been awarded to Tulane University under the direction of Dr. Henry L. Bart to remediate damage from mold in the fish collection of the Museum of Natural History that occurred after Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans area in 2005. The zoological research collections house several important collections, and fortunately, the collections are stored in World War II vintage storage bunkers that weathered the storm without significant structural damage. However, the air-conditioning systems were put out of commission for several weeks, and mold began growing on the walls and glass jars in the fish collection. The funds will be used to hire two curatorial assistants for a year to remove and box jars, store them in a separate building while the storage bunker is cleaned and repainted, then clean the jars as they are replaced in the renovated facility. Barcoding will make tracking of 5,000 boxes and the specimen jars easy and efficient. The collection is an important research and teaching resource, whose restoration after the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina will be important in the recovery of the collection for these uses.