At 03:34 PM 5/26/00 -0700, Colin McGregor wrote:
>The situation of odour and fumes has been addressed. The following caution
>is for the artifacts.

 I found the hard way that artifacts, especially
>heavier items, would sometimes stick to freshly painted 'dry to the touch'
>surfaces in display cases.

Colin, I have found, also from experience, that a surface painted with
latex paint can remain tacky for years. I have managed to convince our
exhibits department, which tends to have about two weeks to let paint dry
if we're lucky, that any artifact which will be in contact with a painted
surface have a Mylar "footprint" cut out to separate it from the paint.
This takes time but prevents heartache.

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