Integrated Pest Management for Cultural Heritage

2025 MuseumPests Working Group Program Announcement

by | March 5, 2025 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

March 12-14, 2025 We are delighted to announce that the MuseumPests Working Group will be held at the recently re-opened Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven, CT. Our host Lynn Jones looks forward to welcoming the group for a look at the newly renovated museum. To start...
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In Memorium: Mel Houston 1967-1923

by | October 29, 2024 | Allied Organizations | 0 Comments

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 the...
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2024 MuseumPests & Pest Odyssey Public Presentation Session

by | May 8, 2024 | Allied Organizations, Programming | 0 Comments

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...
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21st MuseumPests Working Group

by | March 23, 2024 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

  Firstly I must apologise for my tardiness in getting the 2024 blog up. I write this at the 2025 meeting (see this year's blog for details.) 2024 was part written, so let's travel back in time a year..... One of the most anticipated few days of some of the...
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2024 MPWG Meeting Projects

by | March 19, 2024 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

During the 2024 meeting participants will work with one of the website's content committees (see below). Each group has listed initial goals for the meeting's work sessions and new action items may be added based on group discussions and new feedback.   TOPIC:...
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2024 MuseumPests Meeting Schedule

by | March 19, 2024 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

The schedule for the in-person 2024 MPWG meeting is subject to change. Virtual participants will be sent a link to the main virtual meeting room which will be used to begin and end each day. Sub-committees will provide additional virtual meeting links as needed.  DAY...
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2024 MuseumPests Working Group Program Announcement

by | March 18, 2024 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

March 20-22, 2024 IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL MEETING We are excited to meet with in-person again this year. We are grateful to Jessica Pace and NYU Libraries for their ability and willingness to host us in New York.  The program is scheduled for 2.5 days, beginning with...
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2023 MuseumPests are back in person! – Session Recap

by | March 17, 2023 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

MuseumPests are back in person!  For the first time since we last got together in 2020 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, we are back! Once again at the Met.  Some of us got the meeting started going to see Adam Osgood’s incredible harmonica skills at his...
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2023 MuseumPests Working Group Program Announcement

by | March 15, 2023 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

March 15-17, 2023 IN-PERSON MEETING After two years of virtual meetings, we are excited to return to an in-person meeting format this year. We are grateful to our colleagues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Director’s Office and Department of Scientific...
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2nd MuseumPests Public Presentation Session March 3, 2022

by | February 25, 2022 | MuseumPests Working Group, Programming, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

Join us for MuseumPests Second Public Presentation Session on March 3 starting at 12:00 U.S. Eastern Time.  In order to receive the direct Zoom webinar link please RSVP by March 1. If you do not RSVP you will be able to watch via Facebook live. The session will be...
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MuseumPests 2022 Virtual Working Group Schedule

by | February 25, 2022 | MuseumPests Working Group | 0 Comments

19th MuseumPests Working Group Meeting Hosted by: ZOOM! Schedule DAY 1 – Tuesday, March 1 8:45 amLog-in to Zoom say hi to your colleagues 9:00-9:30Digital Introductions9:30-10:00Introduce subgroup projects:- Prevention- Identification - Solutions - Vertebrates-...
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2022 MPWG Virtual Meeting Projects

by | February 25, 2022 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

Check out our list of topics and projects to see what you might want to work on or contribute during the 2021 Virtual Working Group Meeting March 1-2, 2022. TOPIC: Prevention CONTENT LEADER: Matt MickletzPROJECTS/GOALS:  Continue working on the Developing Policy...
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Integrated Pest Management for Collections now available for purchase

by | February 25, 2022 | Conferences, Publication | 0 Comments

edited by Suzanne Ryder and Amy Crossman This collection of papers and posters presented at the 2021 ICON conference A Pest Odyssey – The Next Generation is evidence that integrated pest management (IPM) has been adopted globally as the accepted strategy...
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2022 MuseumPests Working Group Virtual Program Announcement

by | February 18, 2022 | MuseumPests Working Group, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

March 1-3, 2022 VIRTUAL MEETING Last year there was hope that we would be able to meet in person in 2022 but clearly the pandemic has still affected travel, budgets and schedules. Given the success and efficiency of our virtual 2021 meeting we are proposing a second...
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Pest Odyssey 2021 – The Next Generation

by | July 8, 2021 | Conferences | 0 Comments

The Icon Pest Odyssey Network is please to announce that tickets are now available for its third, international, decennial conference. This will be a fully virtual conference, 20th - 22nd September 2021 and will enable participants to focus on changes and new...
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Tercera llamada….. ¡¡¡Comenzamos!!! MuseumPests en ESPAÑOL

by | July 8, 2021 | museumpests.net, Spanish / Español, Website | 0 Comments

Estamos muy emocionados de lanzar oficialmente la versión en español de MuseumPests. Este proyecto comenzó lentamente, con la traducción de páginas individuales, pero alcanzó su punto máximo durante los encierros de la pandemia COVID-19 en el 2020. El proyecto reunió...
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MuseumPests First Ever Public Presentation Session!

by | March 8, 2021 | museumpests.net, Programming, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

March 11, 2021, 12:00 – 4:30 (GMT -5:00) Join us for MuseumPests First Public Presentation Session.  For those who haven't already RSVP'd to receive a direct Zoom link, you can access the program via Facebook Live on the MuseumPests page.  The session will...
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MuseumPests.net needs your help – Fundraising appeal

by | March 4, 2021 | Fundraising, museumpests.net, Website | 0 Comments

The MuseumPests Working Group began 19 years ago; from our initial 2002 meeting with seven people, we have now grown into a worldwide network to support the needs of museum, library, archive and historic house staff who strive to...
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2021 MuseumPests Working Group Virtual Program Announcement

by | February 12, 2021 | museumpests.net, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

Since our 2020 in-person meeting at the Met, almost a year ago, our world has been turned upside-down but as insects have adapted to our new realities so have we. The MuseumPests Working Group (MPWG) is rising to the challenge and maintaining our momentum with our...
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MuseumPests 2021 Virtual Working Group Schedule

by | February 12, 2021 | museumpests.net, WG Meetings | 0 Comments

Schedule DAY 1 – Tuesday, March 9 8:45 am Log-in to Zoom say hi to your colleagues  9:00-9:30 Digital Introductions 9:30-10:00 Introduce subgroup projects: Prevention  Identification  Solutions Rodents  Monitoring  Health & Safety ...
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