Then, I make a report on the work and send it to the museum directors. If they approve, they send the acquisition request to the museum trustees. Once the trustees approve, they send the request to Spain s Ministry of Culture. In some museums, photography curators are responsible for raising funds to make acquisitions. First, it goes to the basement where Security registers it.
Security then takes it to one of our restorers.
The restorer examines the work and writes a report, describing the work, its condition, etc. If it comes to us in a frame, the restorer takes off the frame, so that our staff photographer can take a picture of the picture. In effect, we create a passport for each photograph, placing an identification photo and basic facts on each work in a plastic sleeve. Where the picture goes from there depends on its size. Anything less than 90 x 140 centimeters comes into our office upstairs.