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Caring for Cultural Material 1

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Paintings
In this chapter:
–	Objectives
–	Introduction
–	Structure of paintings
–	What are the most common types and causes of damage?
–	The do's and don'ts of handling paintings
–	Framing paintings
–	Hanging paintings securely
–	Ideal conditions for the storage and display of paintings
–	General storage and display guidelines
	Summary of conditions for the storage and display
–	Paintings in Australia's climatic zones
	MORE ABOUT PAINTINGS
–	Keying out
–	What can go wrong with a stretcher and what you can do
–	Handling straps
–	Labels and inscriptions
–	For further reading
–	Self-evaluation quiz
–	Answers to self-evaluation quiz

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Summary of conditions for storage and display
	Storage	Display
Temperature	18–22ºC	18–22ºC
Relative Humidity	45–55%RH	45–55%RH
Brightness of the Light	Dark storage preferred, but if light is present it should not be higher than 250 lux.	Should be higher than 250 lux.
UV Content of Light	Dark storage is preferred but if light is present, UV content should be and no greater than 75 µW/lm and preferably below 30 µW/lm.	No greater than 75 µW/lm, preferably below 30µW/lm.