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Abstract: Museums have great importance in preserving our cultural heritage that including the historical organic collection. Historical protein and cellulosic manuscripts are one of the most widespread and important in museums which represent the precious remains of our history. Unfortunately, these artifacts exposed to the most dangerous type of degradation (biological deterioration) that may lead to the loss of these historical manuscripts. Hence the importance of using pesticides appears, but our local museums lack the use of the criteria and standards required to be applied when using such pesticides in order to preserve the historical manuscripts from degradation, also to protect any one who is dealing with these treated manuscripts, and secure the environment protection. Consequently, there is an important role of the highly aware conservators when using different types of pesticides. This study made a survey of the historical development of the pesticides used in the field of the parchment manuscripts and the leather artifacts, explained the different types of pesticides that can be used in museums, also Criteria that governing the selection of pesticides used in historical manuscripts, Criteria should be taken under consideration in handling pesticides in museums, Application techniques of pesticides of leather and parchment manuscripts, First aids of dealing with pesticides, and how to get rid of pesticide residues in museums without harming the surrounding environment and other matters related to pesticides through useful-in-depth theoretical study of pesticides used in the field of historical parchment manuscripts and leather artifacts in museums.