Dear Museum Affiliates, Can you help us? Have you recently renovated or developed new collection storage? We are currently researching and gathering information on innovative storage solutions, good products and suppliers ( and ones to avoid), practical suggestions or plans. Our Clothing and Textiles Collection is soon to be relocated to another building which is being renovated to suit our needs. Due to the sudden funding and budgeting time lines the planning process will be much shorter than we would wish-only 2 months ( January and February 1997 and perhaps into March). Our collection of 20,000 artifacts includes textiles, clothing and related artifacts (eg. tools, photos, paper patterns and periodicals) from a wide variety of time periods and cultures. The collection is very actively used for teaching, research and public programming. Our current storage systems include hanging, flat, and rolled units, some of which are within compactor systems. The new space will require new systems, but we will utilize some of the existing parts if possible. If you have any suggestions please let us know as we would appreciate any comments. Please cc: our Curator, Anne Lambert at: [log in to unmask] If you have any suggestions of collection storage systems which would be worthwhile visiting, please let us know. Thank-you, Monica Engler Planning Assistant Clothing and Textiles Collection Department of Human Ecology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2M8 (403) 492-2528 fax (403) 492-4821