the cracks. yeah, you can see the cracks. is that just age? that s age, yeah. do you ever restore those elements to get rid of the cracks or this is just part of the history of the piece? yeah, it s part of the ageing so, but sometimes cracks can become so disturbing that there might be a reason to retouch it but for this painting i don t think that will happen very soon. the depot isn t the only place reinventing its archives. the world s most visited museum, the louvre in paris, has just relocated its vaults to a huge high tech campus in northern france. it s only open to academics but claims to now be one of the biggest study and research centres in europe. meanwhile, london s v&a museum plans to open storehouse on the olympic park in 2024 putting hundreds of thousands of items on display for the first time in generations. one of the biggestjoys
you can see the yellow layer that is on top of the white layer. the cracks. yeah, you can see the cracks. is that just age? that s age, yeah. do you ever restore those elements to get rid of the cracks or this is just part of the history of the piece? yeah, it s part of the ageing so, but sometimes cracks can become so disturbing that there might be a reason to retouch it but for this painting i don t think that will happen very soon. the depot isn t the only place reinventing its archives. the world s most visited museum, the louvre in paris, has just relocated its vaults to a huge high tech campus in northern france. it s only open to academics but claims to now be one of the biggest study and research centres in europe. meanwhile, london s v&a museum plans to open storehouse on the olympic park in 2024 putting hundreds of thousands of items on display for
but claims to now be one of the biggest study and research centres in europe. meanwhile, london s v&a museum plans to open storehouse on the olympic park in 2024 putting hundreds of thousands of items on display for the first time in generations. one of the biggestjoys of all this open access is a direct contact with the people whose job it is to look after the exhibits. it has made ruben here a man very much in demand. hello there. hello. sorry to interrupt, could i ask what you are doing, what you are looking for? a visitor asked us online if the frame is original or not. and is it? i don t think it is. if you look closely you can see it is white and on brown, if it was originally would be an oak frame. the ornaments would be carved out of the wood. and not molded? exactly. so anyone can just send
you can see the yellow layer that is on top of the white layer. the cracks. yeah, you can see the cracks. is that just age? that s age, yeah. do you ever restore those elements to get rid of the cracks or this is just part of the history of the piece? yeah, it s part of the ageing so, but sometimes cracks can become so disturbing that there might be a reason to retouch it but for this painting i don t think that will happen very soon. the depot isn t the only place reinventing its archives. the world s most visited museum, the louvre in paris, has just relocated its vaults to a huge high tech campus in northern france. it s only open to academics but claims to now be one of the biggest study and research centres in europe. meanwhile, london s v&a museum plans to open storehouse on the olympic park in 2024 putting hundreds of thousands
study and research centres in europe. meanwhile, london s museum plans to open storehouse on the olympic park in 2024 putting hundreds of thousands of items on display for the first time in generations. one of the biggestjoys of all this open access is a direct contact with the people whose job it is to look after the exhibit. it has made ruben here a man very much in demand. hello there. hello. , ., , hello. sorry to interrupt, could i ask hello. sorry to interrupt, could i ask what - hello. sorry to interrupt, could i ask what you - hello. sorry to interrupt, could i ask what you are | hello. sorry to interrupt, - could i ask what you are doing, what you are looking for? aha, what you are looking for? visitor asked us online if the frame is original or not. find frame is original or not. and is at? i don t frame is original or not. and is at? i don t think frame is original or not. and is at? | don t think it - frame is original or not. and is at? i don t think it is. - frame i