Early Menopause in the Art Gallery

While I mostly enjoyed our class field-trip to the Art Gallery, it was a little uncomfortable. Something was weird about the temperature in the building. Moving from room to room, I felt like I was entering slightly different climates. One exhibit would be cold and dry, another warm and humid, and the rest somewhere in between. By the end of the hour and a half, I felt like I was going a little crazy.

Fast forward a month (or however long ago that was...I'm pretty sleep-deprived) and I'm sitting at home reading the Journal online. There's an article about new exhibits coming to the AGA. Lo and behold, it explains my awkward inability to regulate temperature at the AGA! Apparently, the new gallery has a climate control system which holds each exhibit at the exact right temperature and humidity needed for the particular mediums to stay preserved. Who knew! I did a little googling and decided it's actually pretty interesting. Each exhibit is like a high-maintenance baby, and the AGA can support them fully, whereas the old Edmonton Art Gallery could not. Either way, I'm glad it's the building and not me...

http://www.eiccontrol.com/productos/productos/productos%20onset/art-collection.pdf

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Gallery+Alberta+announces+next+exhibits/3988639/story.html