A Chemical Peel

The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection - roughly 13,000 items - was for decades kept in a tighly packed storage space in the existing building. The storage room was on the south side of the building, windows covered with wallboard to prevent sunlight and help keep the environment at a consistent level.

As part of the existing building rennovation, the walls of the old storage room have been taken down and the windows are uncovered - and we get a glimpse of the paint colors through the years, before the windows were boarded. This photo is of a very large sheet of paint (about 6-8") that literally peeled off the walls of room 333.

The new storage space for the textile collection is greatly expanded, will have state-of-the art controls to manage the environment within the storage area and - here's the kicker - more space!

I, for one, am looking forward to the renewed and refreshed spaces.