<div dir="ltr">Dear all, As a conservator my thoughts are about storage in a container are that things inside may suffer from going from the climate of a house to basically a climate that has some buffering and protection from the rain but it might be a climate shock for some artefacts <div><br></div><div>It would be an interesting experiment to put a monitor in a storage container , but an empty container will react differently to one say full of furniture , as they take in and give out humidity </div><div>Cheers Paul Harrison objects conservator FIIC</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 22 Sept 2025 at 19:24, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8913833908258873877"><div lang="EN-CA" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-8913833908258873877WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Good afternoon:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">My name is Janis Irvine, from the Bralorne Pioneer Museum. While we await further finishing and construction of a newer Museum we rented a 40 foot container for storage. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">We have one also on our property as a destructive forest fires in 2023 here took 54 properties to the ground. We are rebuilding so we also use a 40 foot container for storage too.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Bralorne Pioneer Museum<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Janis Irvine<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Museum Assistant and Archives<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv-bounces@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv-bounces@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 19, 2025 5:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca" target="_blank">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [BCMA] Seeking rental storage & workspace options for collections project<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>The Roedde House Museum is planning a re-organization and collections management project.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p>Due to our limited space, we are exploring options for storage, ideally in a secure, humidity-controlled environment. We are also looking for a space where tasks such as inventories, re-housing, cataloguing, and labeling can be carried out.<u></u><u></u></p><p>If anyone has suggestions for suitable facilities, we would greatly appreciate your advice! <u></u><u></u></p><p>The museum is located at:<br>1415 Barclay Street<br>Vancouver, BC, Canada V6G 1J6<u></u><u></u></p><p>We are open to options in the surrounding area and are ideally looking for a project start date in April 2026 and an end date in October-November. <u></u><u></u></p><p>Thank you very much for your help!<u></u><u></u></p><p>Best regards,<br>Ada<br><br>Ada Alster<br>Director-at-Large, Collections Committee<br><a href="https://www.roeddehouse.org/" target="_blank">Roedde House Museum</a><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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