Wilcomb E. Washburn wrote an article ("Collecting Information, Not
Objects"0 for *Museum News*, February 1984, wherein he computed the cost
of storing an object at $50 per square foot.  This computation was based
on a building providing 100,000 square feet of museum space & costing
$125/sq. ft.  The article is 14 years old, but you could probably allow
for inflation & proceed from there.

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