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Pillsbury is one of several major museum curators--including the Louvre curator Pierre Rosenberg, and the National Gallery chief curator Sydney Freedberg--who will be on hand for the Sackler dedication...
According to assistant director of operations in the Harvard University Art Museums Philip J. Parsons, formaldehyde gas is found in most types of pressed wood including the particle board used in Sackler storage areas...
Current levels of formaldehyde gas in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum will prevent the movement of any art into the Sackler storage facilities indefinitely, but has not delayed the opening of the museum or posed a threat to displayed art, museum officials said...
...effects of the gas can be mitigated," said Parsons. He said no art will be moved into Sackler storage until it is certain that there will be no risk to the collection...
...Sackler Museum project began for architect James Stirling in 1979, when Harvard's Building Committee selected him out of a pool of over 70 architects...