Air quality

Has anyone ever tested the air quality of a newly-built museum store
for airborne particulates, VOCs, etc?  If so, what monitoring
equipment did you find to be most useful, and what were the results
of your monitoring?  Were they helpful to you?

As part of a decant into a newly-built store, I am concerned with
residual particulates or off-gassing from the recent building
activity.  In particular I'm concerned about formaldehyde, VOCs,
sulfurous gasses, residual paint fumes, etc.

I would also appreciate any suggestions from anyone that regularly
monitors air quality as part of a preventive conservation program or
that undertake short term monitoring for air quality in their stores
or display areas.

Silvia Da Rocha
Decant Conservator
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow


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