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Visible storage

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Visible storage cases tend to be densely packed and with less explanatory material than in conventional displays. In addition, they may exceed head height making smaller objects difficult to see. The cases are often located in spaces that were previously unused or unsuitable for conventional display
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that would otherwise be hidden from public view. Many museums and galleries have over 90% of their collections in storage at any one time and the technique has been widely adopted recently by institutions ranging from the
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in Rochester, in 1982. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was one of the first large institutions to use visible storage when it created the
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cases. The cases may be curving, cylindrical, packed closely together or positioned down the centre of existing galleries.
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in 1988 and the Victoria & Albert Museum has recently adopted the idea in their
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Visible storage in the porcelain galleries, Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Museums as Walk-In Closets; Visible Storage Opens Troves to the Public
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Method of maximising public access to museum and art collections
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LACMA, Broad, other art museums work to put storage on display
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Transforming the Ceramics galleries: an exercise in restraint
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Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
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Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Victoria & Albert Museum
Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
Strong Museum
Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art
ceramics
Museums as Walk-In Closets; Visible Storage Opens Troves to the Public
The New York Times
Archived
Wayback Machine
LACMA, Broad, other art museums work to put storage on display
The Los Angeles Times
Transforming the Ceramics galleries: an exercise in restraint
Archived
Wayback Machine
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Collections care
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