Museum Treasures In Wartime Underground Storage

A museum conservator measures temperature and humidity readings during his daily round of checks on valuable items from the Victoria and Albert Museum, on left, and the British Museum, on right, held in safe storage during World War II at Westwood Quarry under the village of Westwood near Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, England, 11th February 1946. The items from the two collections are being prepared for their return to the national institutions in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Popperfoto via Getty Images)
A museum conservator measures temperature and humidity readings during his daily round of checks on valuable items from the Victoria and Albert Museum, on left, and the British Museum, on right, held in safe storage during World War II at Westwood Quarry under the village of Westwood near Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, England, 11th February 1946. The items from the two collections are being prepared for their return to the national institutions in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Popperfoto via Getty Images)
Museum Treasures In Wartime Underground Storage
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