by Lisa Nilsen | Oct 29, 2024 | Allied Organizations
In Memorium Mel Houston, ACR 1967-2023 Mel Houston died — aged just 55 — on Sunday 1st January. Some will have known her through her work as a preventive conservator, first at The National Trust for Scotland which she joined in 2007 and then, from 2020, at...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | May 8, 2024 | Allied Organizations, Programming
MAY 14, 2024 Note that all times are listed in U.S. eastern times as well as U.K. time zones. Zoom access information has been sent to the PestList for those interested in listening to the presentations. The session will be recorded. 10.00 EDT/15.00 BSTWelcome and...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Oct 23, 2020 | Allied Organizations, Conferences, Programming
Call for abstracts: Pest Odyssey 2021 – the Next Generation Detect, Respond, Recover – best practice IPM in 2021 20th – 22nd September 2021 This will be a fully virtual conference and will enable participants to focus on changes and new developments in IPM over...
by Armando Mendez | Mar 16, 2018 | Allied Organizations, MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings
Dear fellow IPM nerds, geniuses & friends, I would like to remind you all that the UK equivalent to the IPMWG meeting: the Odyssey Group’s meeting, will take place this year at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on July 4th. Should ...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Dec 8, 2017 | Allied Organizations, Historic Sites & Structures, Workshops & Training
On November 16, Historic New England’s Haverhill, Massachusetts-based collection services team hosted a sold-out program on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for museum professionals, interested members, and colleagues from all over New England. The presentations...
by Rachael Perkins Arenstein | Mar 22, 2017 | Historic Sites & Structures, Libraries & Archives, MuseumPests Working Group, Museums, Programming, Workshops & Training
Insects and vertebrate pests can do irreversible damage to objects of historic and artistic value. Preventing such damage is an essential element of best practice in collection care and requires the design and implementation of an Integrated Pest Management...
