Hey Kathie, You may want to look into getting a copy of Guidelines for Selecting Solid-State Lighting for Museums <http://www.getty.edu/conservation/our_projects/science/lighting/guidelines.html>, a 2012 report from the Getty Conservation Institute. It was recommended during a Connecting to Collections Care webinar on LED lighting <https://www.connectingtocollections.org/recording-community-webinar-introduction-to-led-lighting/> as a great resource on the subject. Of course, some things may have changed since then. I don't have any personal tips to share. Unfortunately, when the lights in our museum were changed to LEDs a couple years after I had done this preliminary research, I wasn't actually included in the conversations. :( Maybe that's the tip -- if you have information to share, demand a seat at the table! ~Liz Cisar Collections Assistant Center for Western Studies Augustana University 2001 S. Summit Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57197 www.augie.edu/cws On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 3:54 PM Kathie Gow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Listers. We are replacing our 8-foot-long fluorescent tube light > fixtures in two large display cases (due to a smelly blown-out ballast!), > with new LED fixtures, and I need to decide the color temp of the new > lights. I am thinking we want warm light, but something that will still > show whites as white. Would 2700K do the trick? > > (We are a small historical society museum with lots of oak and other wood > cases, whitish walls (that are mostly covered) and some exterior LED > fixtures that have cooler light... > > Happy for all LED lighting tips and things you've learned! > > best, > --Kathie > > > Kathie Gow > > Curator, Hatfield Historical Museum hatfieldhistory.weebly.com > > Oral History Producer wordspicturesstories.com > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).