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A museum once lost a painting for three weeks—inside its own storage. Which is why “organized chaos” is basically policy.

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No notable case of a museum losing a painting in its own storage for three weeks is documented here. Museums do occasionally misplace items, and they keep registrars and inventories to prevent it.

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