Behind the scenes: down in the basement

Ever wondered what our storage area looks like or how big it may be? This is the corridor in our basement where we house most of the collection. There are rows and rows of shelving and various rooms that house collections in different conditions and temperatures. Here objects are stacked high and deep in specially commissioned storage units, folded and filed into drawers and tucked behind protective tissue. About nine tenths of the collection is housed in the basement.

Photography by Paula Bray
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