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This book reconstructs the research into substances against harmful insects in museum collections in the historical context of the emergence of nation states, colonialism, a growing chemical industry, the First World War and the resulting and broad-based hygiene movement. The knowledge available in the museums is related to society, industry and trade. Based on this, early forms of networking and knowledge transfer among museum professionals are emerging nationally and internationally. Only in this way did certain remedies literally gain a certain career while trying them out. The Ethnological Museum Berlin proves to be the best possible case study, since Berlin was the largest center for science and art during the period under study. Due to their persistence, the consequences of the use of pesticides in museum collections are now obvious and documented in many places. Numerous objects are highly contaminated as a result of their use and are only accessible under difficult conditions for restoration and scientific processing, for mediation in the context of exhibitions and for external lending.

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