12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Museums

(via mental_floss)  Museums welcome millions of tourists, field-trip-bound schoolchildren, and culture vultures into their exhibition halls each year.  But, much of the real excitement occurs behind the scenes.  Click here for some stories about what life is like working among the world’s most precious paintings and dinosaur bones, from the massive amount of work it takes to set up exhibitions to the one rule museum visitors break more than any other.