We almost always recycle exhibition furnature, frames, etc. We have an
offsite storage area for display cases, packing cases, etc. If it's
something very specific that we don't think there will be a future use
for we usually tear it apart and reuse the materials.

On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Margaret Birtley wrote:

> If anyone has a response to the following message, I will forward it.  The
> author is one of my Museum Studies students, who is conducting a short
> research project into the issue.
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> Are there any museums which have a policy (formally or informally) of
> saving exhibition props/ dressing after an exhibition's life-span by either
> putting them into a collection, or recycling for future exhibitions?
>
> Does anyone have any experience that they would share with me?
>
> Jane Bovill
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