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Sources and images

Why a museum is sometimes sparing with light

Sources

• RCE: light, UV and IR radiation
• Canadian Conservation Institute: textiles and light dose
• Canadian Conservation Institute: visibility and material sensitivity

Image credits

• A robe à la française from the Rijksmuseum collection. Collection image: Rijksmuseum, CC0.

  File and provenance · Rijksmuseum · CC0

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

• Landscape with trees, watercolour on paper by Johannes Warnardus Bilders. Public domain.

  File and provenance · Johannes Warnardus Bilders · Public domain

  Resized and converted to WebP; no changes to the content.

Museum Magazine editorial team · 26 September 2026