Hi Tim,
A few years back the curator and I were given the opportunity to make a
presentation to our foundation (our money-raising organization) about
collections storage at their annual meeting.  We were at a crisis point
with little rented off-site storage spaces scattered around town, and all
of them full.  I went around the state and took slides of some of the best
off-site storage facilities at other museums and contrasted this with
slides of our situation (which was rather pathetic).
The very next week our foundation told us to go shopping for a warehouse.
Within a month they had purchased a 14,000 square foot building dedicated
to collections storage.  Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.  It worked
for us.
Sincerely,
David Ryan
Registrar
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
www.cspm.org

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