Not a definitive answer, but a couple of examples:

1. Ann Frank House in Amsterdam - When I visited it circa 1974, I noted that
some visitors had written graffiti on the wallpaper. When I saw it there was
a Plexiglas (Perspex to our British readers) protective cover as I recall.
One was able to walk right into the room and there were no furnishings. For
those who may not know about her, Ann was a young girl who hid from the
Nazis in Occupied Holland in World War II, kept a diary (which was published
later), was arrested and later died in a concentration camp. This link is to
a school project about "The Diary of Ann Frank"
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/Diary%20of%20Anne%20Frank/Index.html
Click on "Floor Plan" to see a photo of a wall in this or one of the other
hidden rooms in the house where she hid out.

2. Jesse Love Farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum, Burnaby, British
Columbia, Canada - I am curator here and I found original wallpaper under
some plywood which was applied to the entire room c.1929. We left it in
place, did not try to uncover older layers, put curtains on the bedroom
window, and installed Plexiglas shields for the area within arm's reach of
the gated bedroom doorway. The Plexi is mounted carefully to minimise damage
and is fitted with spacers to prevent moisture being trapped behind it. A
section of one wall had been opened up c. 1929 into another room. We
reversed this change that was after the time-period (1925) that we are
portraying. The missing section of wallpaper in the new archway was replaced
by photographic copy and mostly screened by furniture. In other rooms of the
house we found samples only of various wallpapers. In a mutually beneficial
arrangement, Bradbury & Bradbury in the USA reproduced two of the wall paper
patterns and added them to their catalogue. http://www.bradbury.com/ad2.html

Colin Macgregor Stevens,
Curator,
Burnaby Village Museum,
Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Stacy Jensen
> Sent: November 1, 2000 13:56
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: preserving wallpaper
>
>
> Our historic house museum is undergoing a historic renovation and we would
> like to preserve the many layers of wallpaper in some of the
> rooms.  We are
> interested in preserving it in place, on the wall, but aren't
> quite sure how
> to do this.  ...
> Thanks
> Stacy Jensen
> Collection Manager
> Aspen Historical Society
> (970)925-3721
> [log in to unmask]

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