Hi all,

Our institution, a historic house museum, is looking to purchase or have
built some sort of vault for the storage of silver and other environmentally
compatible valuables.  It would go in our off-site storage facility.  I
picture it either as a walk-in with a couple aisles and shelving along
center and outside, or as 2-3 freestanding cabinets with locking doors.  We
would like the cabinets to provide an aadded level of security as well as
environmental control.  We need a shelving capacity of approximately 150
square feet.

Questions:  Does anyone have any experience in buying or designing such
enclosures?  Any things I should take care to avoid?  Any preference between
custom-built walk-ins, and pre-fab modules?  Any leads on good places to
order such things?

Many thanks in advance for your help,

Juliette Rogers
Collections Manager and Registrar
Stephen Phillips Trust House
Salem, MA
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