The MuseumPests Working Group (formerly the Integrated Pest Management Working Group) is a group of collection managers, conservators and other collection care professionals interested in issues surrounding the implementation of integrated pest management in museums and other collection-holding institutions. The mission of the MPWG is to promote and facilitate best practices in pest management for the collections and cultural heritage communities through the development and on-line distribution of training materials and other resources.
The MPWG has also created Pestlist, an IPM list serve dedicated to sharing information, posting questions and discussing IPM-related issues with a broad community. Instructions for joining the list can be found Here.
MPWG is an independent group, but maintains close links with SPNHC: many SPNHC members are active in IPM-WG; the Society has provided financial support for the MuseumPests website. Additionally, past IPM related presentations and posters presented at SPNHC meetings are available for viewing on the website.
Anyone interested in more information about the activities of the MPWG and how to get involved should visit the site at www.MuseumPests.net.