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Asbestos in mineral form. The mineral is greenish and white in colour and there are visible strands of asbestos fibres.
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Artifacts and asbestos: Managing hazards at Ingenium

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Briana Ippolito
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Jan 18, 2022
When it comes to hazardous artifacts, we’re doing "asbestos" we can! Learn how the Conservation team for the Ingenium museums manages potentially dangerous objects.
Three Conservators wearing personal protective equipment , including Tyvek suits, googles, nitrile gloves and respirators.
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Behind the scenes of the Ingenium big move: Hazard mitigation of a print maker’s drawer

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Caitlin Walsh
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 8, 2021
From mice nests and insects to lead ink, conservators deal with a lot of hazards to keep museum collections safe.
Two museum conservators wearing full-body Personal Protective Equipment stand side by side, holding a black aircraft control panel upright. The artifact is sitting on plastic sheeting on a table.
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Inside Ingenium’s smallest collections storage room

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Jacqueline Riddle
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Aug 26, 2021
Take a look inside Ingenium’s smallest collections storage room, where a special class of artifacts have recently been moved into their “forever home.”
Erin Secord holds up an example of a hazardous artifact. Oil for a printing machine in a bag.
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Behind the scenes: Conservators face unique task handling hazardous artifacts

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Connor Wilkie
Ingenium
Apr 17, 2019

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