we have all of our paintings bolted to security hangers on the walls and all of our cases are locked Sue Bodemer Operations Manager Rockwell Museum of Western Art 111 Cedar Street Corning, NY 14830 607-937-5386 607-974-4162 (direct line) 607-974-4536 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.rockwellmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jill Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:26 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: security questions re: the scream Picking a nit here: this is the second time "The Scream" was stolen, but only sort of. A different version of it was stolen last time, from a different museum. According to the New York Times, the robbers were armed - and I for one would not expect anyone on my security staff to take a bullet for a painting. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/23/international/europe/23scream.html People keep saying the picture was only hanging on a wire, as though this was insufficient - does everybody but me bolt their paintings to the wall with security hangers? Really? We have some pictures with extra hardware but a lot of the bigger things are hanging on a nail on d-rings or wire. I'm curious about this as well. Jill R. Chancey, Curator Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Laurel, MS 39440 [log in to unmask] (phone) 601-649-6374 (fax) 601-428-8601 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . 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/ . 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).