A Flood of Art show

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In Novem­ber 2008, mudac’s main ware­house suffered a major flood. Within but a few hours, the works were totally inund­ated. Most affected were the Glass Art, Ceram­ics and J.-E. Berger Found­a­tion collec­tions. A number of broken and water­logged pieces required imme­di­ate action.

It seemed import­ant to us to share with the public as much the event as its hand­ling, through the A Flood of Art show. The public collec­tions belong to a collect­ive herit­age whose preser­va­tion is incum­bent upon the museum profes­sion­als. Far from limit­ing itself to the acci­dent’s emotional impact, our exhib­i­tion gave full due to the restor­a­tion project and the rivet­ing issues with which the mudac curat­ors and the commis­sioned restorer had to deal.