Re: Textile storage conditions

[Diana Zlatanovski <zlatanovski@xxxxxxxx>]

<x-tad-bigger>Hello </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> I manage a collection of textiles.  The HVAC system in our storage areas is programmed to</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>keep the temperature between 60 and 65 degrees.  Often, it is on the low end of that.  I've</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>always been taught that between 68 and 72 degrees is, in general, the ideal temperature for</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>collections storage.  Can anyone tell me if the lower range is for any reason mor</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>e </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>appropriate for textiles?  Or if it is detrimental to them?</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Thanks,</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> Diana</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>

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Diana Zlatanovski
Assistant Curator 

Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection
University of Wisconsin
1300 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1575
(608) 262-1162 
zlatanovski@xxxxxxxx