Discovering Art

08 Aug.,2022

 

museum storage cabinet

Find the Lost Objects

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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MUSEUM STORAGE ROOMS:

Art museums have art collections. Only a small part of these collections is on display at any one time, while of the other artworks are safely stored in museum storage rooms.

These storage rooms differ from ordinary storage rooms or warehouses because artworks must be stored in special conditions. Sunlight is harmful for artworks, so there can’t be any windows or they must be darkened.

We are allowed to turn on the light only when necessary.

The temperature must be kept constant and the humidity level too must stay the same.

Paintings are stored on special metal nets; works on paper must be preserved in special fire-resistant chests of drawers. A special acid-free paper and cardboard are placed between paper artworks.
The storage room must be kept clean, and we must be careful that harmful insects do not breed in there. Therefore we must constantly control the conditions in the storage room.

The storage room must be also protected with a fire alarm.