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Museum committee reviews site-visit report: asbestos work at Douglas Avenue, collections storage and plan timeline
Summary
The Virginia Museum of Natural History strategic planning committee reviewed an accreditation site-visit report and discussed asbestos abatement at the Douglas Avenue facility, short-term measures for boxed library materials, tourism outreach and timelines for a five-year strategic plan.
The Virginia Museum of Natural History strategic planning committee reviewed a recent site-visit report and discussed plans to remove asbestos at the Douglas Avenue facility, short-term environmental controls for boxed library materials and elements of a five-year strategic plan the board will consider this fall.
Committee members were told the museum expects to go out for bids in May for the Douglas Avenue asbestos work and that asbestos abatement is expected to conclude in the fall of the following year. Museum staff said capital for the maintenance-reserve project is already assigned and that the work should not require new legislative approval.
The site-review team recommended improvements for collections storage at Douglas Avenue. Committee members raised concerns about books and archival materials moved from…
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