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Sat 08 Aug 2008Museum's modern art treasures damaged due to poor storage
Twenty works of art, including pieces by Louis le Brocquy, Georges Braque and Dorothy Cross, were damaged because of substandard storage conditions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma), according to an internal report from the museum.
The report, written in September 2003 by then head of collections Catherine Marshall, said the direct cause was the "inappropriate environmental conditions" in the storage facilities at its Royal Hospital Kilmainham home.
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