Peter,

The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY has a collection storage
area that is open to the public to walk among the locked cases. I
believe it is a limited/study portion of the entire collection but
I'm not sure. The interpretive component is limited/general. I didn't
have a chance to spend a lot of time there unfortunately.
http://www.cmog.org/

Mike

>Date:    Fri, 16 Jan 2004 07:49:50 -0500
>From:    Peter Gale <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Open Storage
>
>Would anyone know of recent or current projects to build extensive
>open storage facilities, either in >North America or elsewhere in
>the world that
>are secure and yet allow visits by the public without an escort.
>
>I would also be curious if anyone is aware of an open storage
>facility, new or old, that includes >interpretive components
>(labels, computer stations
>with a data base of information, audio tours, image projections,
>etc.) that allow the objects on display >to 'speak for themselves'
>without a personal
>guide.
>
>Thanks very much for any suggestions that you might have.
>
>Peter Gale
>Toronto
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