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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- **PLEASE PARDON CROSS-POSTINGS** To Our Colleagues: The Amon Carter Museum is scheduled to undergo a major renovation that will more than triple the size of the galleries to display the Museum's collection of American art. The library, archives, and collections storages areas are also benefitting from expanded spaces, in addition to the creation of a paper conservation lab. As a result, the Museum will close to the public on August 1, 1999 and will reopen in the fall of 2001. Further information on the building construction is available through the Museum's web site, www.cartermuseum.org. In order to accommodate the move to a temporary location, a number of museum services will be affected: Registrars: Reproduction requests: suspended until 9/30/99 Loan requests: suspended until 9/1/99 Art shipments in and out: suspended until 9/1/99 Library: Outgoing interlibrary loan requests: suspended until 9/1/99 Archival services for external researchers: suspended until 9/13/99 Library access for external researchers: suspended from 6/30/99 until 9/1/99 Education: Teaching Resource Center services: suspended until 9/13/99 Guided tours: suspended from 7/19-10/18/99 Teacher in-service training programs: suspended until 1/2000 While we regret any inconvenience our closing may cause you and your institution, we look forward to offering greatly improved services and facilities when we reopen. We plan to be completely back in business in the fall of 2001. Updates will be posted on the Museum's web site. Milan R. Hughston, Librarian Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695 817/738-1933; 817/738-4066 (fax) http://www.cartermuseum.org ======================================= All opinions are my own and not those of my employer