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)
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-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Jill
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:26 AM
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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
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