An American manual on pest control on museums provideing information updated to 1986. Topics were organized in four sections. 1) Policy, law and liability: includes a summary of the 1980 Fumigation Conference and update on USA regulation, statutes and liabilities. 2) Pest and pest identification: includes a guide to pests and their targets with detailed information on cockroaches, wood-infesting coleoptera, dermestid, and anobiid beetles. 3) Treatment: contains a glossary of pesticides, articles on uses and effects of pesticides, articles on uses and effects of pesticides, insecticides, fumigant hazards and on minimizing use of chemical measures. 4) References: includes an extensive bibliography and index on pest control literature.