Preserving priceless art with climate control
With 120 of the world’s most valuable art objects at stake, the government of Portugal was not willing to take any chances with humidity control when it lent the exhibit to the prestigious San Diego Museum of Art. Priceless pieces included several paintings of 18th-century Lisbon, fine silver, elaborate furniture, porcelain, unusual scientific instruments, and spectacular selections from the Portuguese crown jewels. Rare religious items included silk vestments from the Lisbon Cathedral, precious altar furnishings in both gold and silver and a spectacular gilded wood altarpiece that measured over 22 feet high.
