The Weald & Downland Living Museum is home to 50 rescued traditional rural buildings. The collections area has a limited through flow of air, and this coupled with the building's wooden structure, means that humidity levels can lead to problems including mould growth. In the winter the under floor heating can reduce the impact, but in the summer it can become an issue. Curator Julian Bell needed accurate information about the environmental conditions throughout the building in order to take informed steps to protect the items in storage and on display. Temperature and relative humidity monitoring was needed.

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