Please post to list!  We also have several copper etching plates that we
need to store.

Thanks,

Rochelle L. R. Oakley
Collections Manager/Registrar
Saint Joseph College Art Gallery
West Hartford, Connecticut
860.231.5743 phone
860.231.5754 fax
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] storage of etching plates

We have a number of etching plates in our collection as well as the 
corresponding prints.  The plates have been stored in newspaper,
cardboard and 
bubblewrap to this point.  I would like to store them properly but am
looking 
for recommendations.  How have others handled similar collections?  Do
you 
coat the plates to prevent oxidation?  How have you stored them since
they are 
quite heavy when stacked or boxed?  
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

-- 
Amy Friend
Collections Curator/Registrar
Beard Gallery
Wheaton College
508-286-3319

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