Museum Pests

MuseumPests Working Group. Providing best practices and standards on Integrated Pest Management for the cultural heritage community. #MuseumPests

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In the northern hemisphere it's getting cold; in the southern hemisphere it's warming up! Both are good time to check your building envelope and door sweeps to discourage pests from getting in! (Image by @HaydenTheDuck)

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It's #AskAMuseum day! Feel free to ask us anything about pests :)

What is an IPM technician?
A- A muskox hairstylist?
B-Monitoring sticky traps and dataloggers to prevent pests from destroying our collections?
C-No idea!

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Join us as we team up with a museum professional to discuss the importance of museum pest management.

Register for free: https://t.co/i5EBg559IB

#education #webinar #pestmanagement #museum #clothesmoths #carpetbeetles

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It's #InternationalMuseumDay ! Pests are international & so is #MuseumPests ! In collaboration with @apoyonline & dedicated individuals MuseumPests en ESPAÑOL was born. https://t.co/37uXNJS587 https://t.co/70rfdgUs3m

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#dyk MuseumPests has merch?! https://t.co/wBXNY2MAon Show off your pesty person pride while supporting the IPM resource you use and love! As volunteers, we rely on donations to keep MP going and growing. https://t.co/7gYcK0rnkm

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#MayThe4thBeWithYou Illustrator @wilkinsonrich creates fanciful #starwars insects! An #R2D2 beetle irl would make #IPM a bit more fun. https://t.co/PQsQX9vZdd

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@book_historia Thanks for sharing! We strive to help!

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A fantastic example of terrible #silverfish damage from Joel Voron! You can find out more about silverfish by searching our Pest Image Gallery https://t.co/TovfZVhD17 or on our fact sheet https://t.co/Bdjd4aestI #MuseumPests #MuseumIPM

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What’s your #MuseumIPM trap checking strategy? Pull all your blunders and replace every time regardless of how many pests (or dust!) OR mark the pests you counter and put them back? #TrapCheck #MuseumPests #ShouldItStayOrShouldItGo

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For #FrassFriday here is some American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) frass and damage as seen on the leather spines of bound books. Check with a conservator or clean the objects before freezing to avoid the frass fusing to the surface! #MuseumPests #MuseumIPM

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We'd like to welcome the newest member of our #MuseumPests community! #MuseumIPM #Tineola

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Join us now live on Facebook! Presentation schedule is on our blog (https://t.co/8kojlRGQPf)

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Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums https://t.co/4zostJEbzl

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Our public presentation session goes live on Facebook in 30 minutes! Hope to see you there! #museumIPM #ITweetMuseums https://t.co/4zostJEbzl

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Check out the schedule for our Museum Pests public presentation session happening tomorrow (March 3)! https://t.co/8kojlRGQPf

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@Jessicalewinsky This is a great question for the pestlist where more words can be used and files shared easily. Great question

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A lot of work, but worth it! Great stuff @HilaryJarvisNT !

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Day2 catching up on 2019 #IPM data (132 xls; 4,477 traps; 7,696 pests; 111 houses-& counting). Going a bit 😜 but vital to keep on top of this: Monitoring/recording means you know what’s normal. So you know when it’s not ! @MuseumPests @Conservators_uk

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Buy in. Tricky to gain, however invaluable once you do! Every position has the potential to support a strong IPM program at your institution. Dave in Facilities leaves detailed notes with his findings and I thank him every time. #museumpests #noIinIPM #pests #teamwork

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I'll try to get a true #frassfriday up before the end of the day! Until then, enjoy the meme ;) #pheromones #clothesmoths #museumpests #gottacatchemall

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@StellaOppl Fantastic! #theyregoingtowantmake up?

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A #museumpest meme to help get you through the week! 😉