Dear Listers - and Harry:

As some of you know, I manage The International Cultural Property
Protection Exposition each year on behalf of The International Committee
On Museum Security (ICMS) of ICOM - which is held in conjunction with
The National Conference On Cultural Property Protection sponsored by the
Smithsonian Institution and this year hosted by The Getty Trust 7-11
March 1999 in Los Angeles, CA.  You can E Mail me for Registration
Information and I will forward your request to the proper person at the
Smithsonian.

Each year, I make a special effort to obtain one or more of the firms
which manufacture this so-called UV film as exhibitors at the Show.  I
do so because this product fulfills the needs of cultural institutions
in, not only one, but two major ways:

        1.  (if you obtain the proper product - check on their
                testing) it does fufill the function of reducing UV
                light

        2.  the film also provides a certain level of security
                for the building (depending upon the strength
                of the window components) and reduces the
                likelihood of artifact damage or personnel
                injury due to flying glass from a storm (high
                winds, flying branchs, etc.), and to a lesser
                extent, from bomb blasts.

In the case of Historic Structures, this product can be installed on the
interior of existing glass surfaces without changing the window
structure (thereby assuring that the fenestration of the building
remains in its original state).  Also check on the firm's guarantee for
the product and it's installation.

Kind Regards

Roger Wulff
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