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The Getty Research Journal features the work of art historians, museum curators, and conservators from around the world as part of the Getty’s mission to prom
Beyond their often beautiful exhibition halls, many museums contain vast, hidden spaces in which objects may be stored, conserved, or processed. Museums can als