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

在亨利·L·巴特博士的指导下，杜兰大学获得了一笔赠款，用于修复2005年卡特里娜飓风袭击新奥尔良地区后自然历史博物馆鱼类收藏中霉菌造成的损坏。动物学研究收藏品中有几个重要的收藏品，幸运的是，这些收藏品储存在二战时期的储藏库中，这些仓库经受住了风暴的考验，没有造成重大的结构破坏。然而，空调系统停用了几个星期，养鱼场的墙上和玻璃罐上开始长出霉菌。这笔资金将用于聘请两名馆长助理，为期一年，移除和装箱罐子，在储藏库清理和重新粉刷期间将它们储存在另一栋建筑中，然后在翻新后的设施中更换罐子时对其进行清洁。条形码将使跟踪5000个盒子和标本罐变得容易和高效。该藏品是一项重要的研究和教学资源，在卡特里娜飓风造成破坏后对其进行修复将对为这些用途恢复藏品具有重要意义。

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.