The situation of odour and fumes has been addressed. The following caution
is for the artifacts.

I learned from experience at one museum I ran that "dry to the touch" does
not mean that the paint is really dry. If artifacts etc. are to be placed on
painted surfaces, I suggest a long curing time - a month if one wants to be
paranoid and really safe. I found the hard way that artifacts, especially
heavier items, would sometimes stick to freshly painted 'dry to the touch'
surfaces in display cases.

Colin Macgregor Stevens,
Curator,
Burnaby Village Museum,
Burnaby, BC, CANADA


> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: May 26, 2000 11:27
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> Subject: Re: Question about painting galleries
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> Thanks for all the responses about practices/policies on painting
> galleries during regular museum hours.
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