Correction:
The glass albums are coated with shellac, not vinyl.

Sorry...
Tanya Elder
Archvist
The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
(212) 870-6815

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:11:25 -0500, Tanya Elder
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I am not an official member of this list, but I have a question concerning
>custom-built art storage containers and cabinets. I am the Archivist of The
>Riverside Church in New York City. We have a collection of paintings on
>canvass, and we are looking to create a storage environment for them. The
>paintings themselves range in varying sizes. We have contacted our shelving
>supplier, who is drawing up plans to create a art storage cabinet with
>rolling interior shelves. He suggested custom-building a plexiglas
>construction as opposed to a steel cabinet. Plexiglas is also cheaper. I
>know that museums use plexiglas for displays, but are there any concerns
>over the use of plexiglas for long-term art storage? Is there anything
>specific I should consider in terms of storing paintings?
>
>As a bonus question, our shelving supplier is also drawing up plans to
>create a cabinet of the same material types for a collection of 16",
>glass-based and vinyl recordings from the 1930s - 1950s. Any ideas on how
>plexiglas and the vinyl coating would get along after, say, 20 years?
>
>Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Tanya Elder
>Archivist
>The Riverside Church
>490 Riverside Drive
>New York, NY 10027
>(212) 870-6815
>
>=========================================================
>Important Subscriber Information:
>
>The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain
detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line
e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message
should read "help" (without the quotes).
>
>If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
>[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
>Museum-L" (without the quotes).

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
Museum-L" (without the quotes).