Curators in the Barn- Oct 2024

 Last Friday, Oct 4, Sarah and Nina "attacked" the two front rooms in the barn as part of our inventory project.  1) There are numerous items in the barn which have not been inventoried, and 2) we need to add numbers to the items that were inventoried 2014-2018...
Their first step was to re-arrange objects so that the "front room"  (whose outside has the Museum sign)  had more room. Bags of insulation were moved upstairs.

The large glass display cabinet (left) was not full, so as Sarah and Nina did the  number-matching/inventory, they put about a dozen small items into the cabinet.see below.

The thinking here is that the items will be protected from dust, and that they now have a "home". The database will report that item # xxx is in glass display cabinet #1.  This "home" is more exact than "in the barn north room".
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Of course, if we resurrect the front room for museum display next spring, the items will need to be moved.*****************************************
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This Friday, the 11th, Jade and Nina will be back here to do more cleanup.
1)  Clean the three other display cabinets and get them ready for temporary storage
2) Vacuum and sweep the front room so it can be a neat workspace
3)  As time permits Inventory more of the loose items in the barn and place them in the glass cabinets.
 
In the Near Future:
If it does not get too cold, we plan at least 2 more sessions in the barn - focusing mostly on the numerous loose items piled here and there. Upstairs and down.  We are not now numbering the various wall-hung objects.  This is a "triage" project - focused on the unidentified random material.



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