[Taxacom] Herbarium risk management: any experience with frozen wet specimens?

[Wallnöfer Bruno]

Dear Dr. Gautier,

This sort of catastrophe happened in Innsbruck (Austria) in 1985 when the herbarium of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (acronym: IBF) was flooded. The specimens were frozen and restored as good as possible during the following two decades.

The curator of the herbarium (Wolfgang Neuner) may inform you how they dealt with the catastrophe and how they repaired the damages.

http://www.meinbezirk.at/innsbruck/chronik/blumen-restauriert-d1256661.html

http://derstandard.at/1589906/Herbarium-des-Innsbrucker-Ferdinandeums-schwer-beschaedigt

With best wishes,

Dr. Bruno Wallnöfer
Curator of the Vascular Plant Collections
Naturhistorisches Museum
Botanische Abteilung
Burgring 7
A-1010 Wien (Vienna)
Österreich (Austria)
Tel.: +43-1-52177-556
Fax.: +43-1-52177-229
email: bruno.wallnoefer at nhm-wien.ac.at
homepage: http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/bruno_wallnoefer



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Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. März 2015 18:20
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Betreff: [Taxacom] Herbarium risk management: any experience with frozen wet specimens?

Dear Herbarium Friends,

Here in Geneva, we are trying to sketch an intervention plan in case a
major catastrophic event like fire or inundation should occur. In both
cases, we are likely to face huge amounts of wet specimens. The idea would
be to freeze these thousands of specimens piles, and to dry them again one
by one, as is currently done for books and archives.

I would like to know if any of you has experience in trying to bring back
these frozen specimens to "life". What happens with paper, glue, inks,
toners, pins, and... the specimen itself? Has anybody ever tried? Any
other ideas or experience to share?

Please reply directly to my email adress:
laurent.gautier at ville-ge.ch

Many thanks!

Laurent


Dr. L. Gautier
Head Curator - Phanerogams (G)
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