Museums and galleries
Protect your valuable collections
Maintaining stable, low relative humidity levels year-round help protect your irreplaceable collections. Using Munters dehumidification systems to safeguard your assets not only prevents moisture damage, but also reduces energy costs and protects the environment.
Exposure to high relative humidity levels can damage museum and gallery assets. Relative humidity below 50% typically preserves most valuable items, leaving them unaffected by moisture levels in the air. Producing dry air with a desiccant dehumidifier is the only reliable way to protect your valuable collections, no matter the weather.
While heating is a common method used to control relative humidity, it is not always the best method. Temperature itself has no impact on the quality of materials. In a heated building, the relative humidity can fluctuate between 20-70%, depending on the outdoor conditions, making heating a costly and ineffective way to control humidity.
Using dehumidification instead of heating controls the relative humidity, keeping it constant throughout the year – irrespective of the conditions outside. Safeguard your valuable collections while saving 30-70% in energy costs by switching from heating as a humidity control method to a Munters dehumidification solution.
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Applications for museums and galleries
Museums
Museums need climate control to protect irreplaceable collections, whether artwork, artifacts, documents or other items. Maintaining a reliable, stable, and low relative humidity level year-round is essential to comply with guidelines and prevent moisture damage.
With global experience and expertise, Munters can help tailor the optimal solution to improve indoor air quality while reducing building maintenance and energy costs. Munters dehumidification solutions let you maintain the proper indoor environment, effectively preserving your collections for future generations.
Galleries
Art galleries require industrial dehumidification systems to maintain a controlled indoor environment, protecting artwork and other objects from the damaging effects of excessive moisture and humidity.
High humidity levels can cause mold, warping and discoloration of delicate materials and paper-based artworks. Moreover, extreme fluctuations in temperature and humidity can cause metals to corrode, causing permanent damage to valuable works of art. Munters dehumidification solutions help regulate indoor relative humidity levels, ensuring the gallery environment remains stable and protecting collections from damage.
Dehumidification - the optimal solution for your valuable collections
Exposure to high relative humidity can damage materials. A Munters dehumidification system effectively removes moisture from the air, keeping humidity levels consistent in your museum or gallery.
Munters dehumidifiers remove moisture from the air using a desiccant wheel, which easily attracts and holds water vapor. Air is blown though the rotor (drying wheel) structure, and the hygroscopic desiccant silica gel rotor absorbs airborne moisture. The once-moisture-laden air leaves the rotor as dry air.
“Looking after the ship and conserving the original iron is the most important thing that we do. By ensuring the air around the ship is kept at 20% relative humidity, which is as dry as the Arizona desert, we can stop the ship from rusting. This keeps her structurally safe for many years to come.”
Nicola Grahamslaw, Ship’s Conservation Engineer
Brunel’s SS Great Britain