Another gesture toward rebuilding the Letherium’s relationship with the community comes in the form of the offsite “ALWAYS REMEMBER TO FORGET” WATER TOWER. Located in a nearby parkette, this resituated water tower will function as a satellite space that will give the public the opportunity to intimately invert an enterprise that is perpetuated by large collecting institutions everywhere. This modest-sized outreach service will allow individuals to de-accession their own ideas, objects, and documents with the security of permanent removal and the assistance of helpful Letherium staff. Hardrive purification, document shredding, and object incineration are among the discreet services that will be provided by the Water Tower facility.
Perhaps the most remarkable of the innovations we propose is the AbacusTM vitrinal DISPLAY AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. This system allows for a large volume of the Letherium’s collection to be visible to the public via a traditional display technique enhanced by contemporary unconventionality. These vitrines will create a crystalline labyrinth through which visitors may meander. Within each vitrine will be a series of elevated platforms featuring curated displays. Each display may be altered by access to the subterranean collections management level. The series of platforms raise from and descend into strictly monitored, humidity and temperature controlled storage facilities. The most visually striking component of the Abacus TM system, the 120 vitrines ranging in height from 6’ to 36’, will be fabricated with ECHO TM Archival glass, the most reliable provider of UV protection currently available to the archival museum industry.
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