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Museum manager urges council to adopt collection policy, prioritize archive facility upgrades
Summary
Fairhope museum manager outlined risks to the city’s archives—light, humidity, pests and air pollutants—and requested council review and adoption of a collection management policy, deaccessioning approval process and future facility improvements.
Gabe, the museum manager, briefed the council at the work session on the condition of Fairhope’s archives and asked council to review a proposed collection-management policy and to consider a longer-term facility solution for archival storage.
Gabe said the current second-floor archive space at the Welcome Center and offsite storage on Pecan Avenue are exposing artifacts and paper-based materials to damage from light, humidity fluctuations, pests, dust, air pollutants and inadequate shelving. He described specific preservation thresholds for archival materials: very light-sensitive items (color photographs, early photographs, dyed leather, cheap paper) should be stored with…
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