"Most of the preliminary work was done at a studio outside the Museum; later, the murals were set up in one of the empty halls for the final stages of restoration. First, the tattered murals were spread out on a large table at the conservator's studio. Visitors were sometimes surprised to find the restorers sitting on the backs of the unrolled artworks as they removed lead adhesive or repaired tears. However, that was the only practical way for them to reach the centers of the huge canvases. "

—Richard Milner, The Living Museum