At the Musée des Beaux Arts in Strasbourg we have a "visitable reserve"
which is open the first weekend of every month.  It is actually on the upper
floor of the Museum which is open to the floor below sort of like a sky
light.

Carol Farra
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De : Boylan P <[log in to unmask]>
Groupes de discussion : bit.listserv.museum-l
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Date : Mardi 9 Mars 1999 01:37
Sujet : Re: "Open Storage"


>> Renee Montgomery is looking for any leads to museums or art foundations
with
>> "open storage" for paintings, prints and drawings (framed or unframed).
By
>> "open storage" she means storerooms where the public or
>> visitors-by-appointment (scholars) can access or see objects in storage
with
>> no or minimal staff assistance.
>
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>
>The National Gallery, London, which has all of its collection on display
>all the time except when in conservation or on exhibition elsewhere, has
>some basement spaces with what amounts to open storage for everything not
>in the main galleries.  These are often quite densely hung, but are on
>open access to all visitors.  However, this is strictly a paintings
>collection with only about two and a half thousand works in the
>collection.  The problem is much greater for larger collections and for
>drawings, watercolours and prints - which shouldn't be on continuous
>display anyway.
>
>Patrick Boylan
>