Cheryl:

Please describe museum quality bulbs (for the slower members of the class).

Ron Fellows...New to the museum industry.


Cheryl Maslin wrote:

> At my museum and in other historical museums, the glass plates have been
> mounted in boxes that have been wired with a push-button to illuminate
> the plate from behind for only the length of time the button is
> pressed.  The box is mounted in an area that is already somewhat in
> shadow from natural daylight, or the overhead lights are redirected
> elsewhere.
>
>  The plate may be seen but the time it is exposed to bright light is
> limited- I would also recommend you choose light bulbs that are museum
> quality and will not damamge the plate from exposure to UV that are in
> regular light bulbs.
>
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