Displaying brass in water

There has been a proposal to display a brass art work in a pool of
water at our gallery.  As I am a paper conservator and have a
limited experience of metal corrosion any advice on this topic for
my report on the proposal would be most useful. Can anyone help?

Lynn Campbell
Conservator
Christchurch Art Gallery - Te Puna o Waiwhetu
Worcester Boulevard, PO Box 2626
Christchurch, New Zealand
+64 3 941 7380
Fax: +64 3 941 7301


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                  Conservation DistList Instance 16:75
                  Distributed: Thursday, May 29, 2003
                       Message Id: cdl-16-75-012
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