“Mold and Wood-boring Insects Eliminated” … Ulsan Museum Conducts Fumigation Project for Privately Owned Cultural Properties

Free Packaging Service for Organic Cultural Properties Including Paper and Textiles from November 1 to 14

A Ulsan Museum official is fumigating and packaging the received artifacts.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Ulsan Museum is launching a cultural heritage preservation project that disinfects privately owned artifacts.

On the 28th, Ulsan Museum announced that it will begin the "2022 Free Fumigation Disinfection Support Project" targeting cultural heritage items owned by individuals and small-scale public and private institutions in the Ulsan area.

The support targets movable cultural heritage items including paper materials (books, documents, photographs), textiles (clothing, leather, shoes), paintings (scrolls, folding screens), wooden items (furniture, household goods), and crafts (woodcraft, straw craft, paper craft, etc.), all of which are organic cultural properties.

Movable cultural heritage refers to all tangible cultural properties that can be moved and stored.

The application period is from November 1 to 14. Interested parties can apply by phone consultation and then personally bring their artifacts to Ulsan Museum for registration.

The fumigation disinfection will be conducted over seven days from November 22 to November 28.

After fumigation disinfection, the cultural heritage items will be carefully packed in safe storage boxes with insect repellent to prevent further biological damage and returned to the owners.

Guidance on storage methods and management plans by material type will also be provided to ensure proper care at home.

Fumigation disinfection is a preventive treatment that minimizes damage from mold and wood-boring insects by applying insecticidal and sterilizing processes in a sealed environment to cultural heritage vulnerable to biological damage.

Only specialized equipment and personnel can handle this process, making it difficult for individuals and small-scale public and private institutions to manage on their own.

Ulsan Museum has been conducting fumigation disinfection once a year since 2013 to preserve local cultural heritage.

So far, 21 individual owners and 12 institutions have participated, supporting fumigation disinfection for a total of 1,638 cultural heritage items, including 1,197 paper and old books, 158 wooden items, 25 paintings and calligraphy, 135 textiles, 106 bone and horn artifacts, and 17 other items.

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