Forget the Museum! How About That Storage Shed?

This week, Atlanta’s High Museum of Art will close for two months of extensive renovation and expansion, the latest in a string of American museums to break ground on expensive new wings. But even more impressive than the renovation plans is the $5 million facility where the museum will house its 11,000-piece collection during construction. “Even with its artwork under one roof, the High will have enough room left over to accelerate a pack rat’s heart: 21,472 square feet of amply lit, high-ceilinged, generously shelved capacity… The storage facility is equipped with high-tech fixtures, too, such as the shiny white vapor-tight cabinets ($4,000 apiece) that currently house the ceramics collection.”