Boston & Washington: Houghton Mifflin / National Gallery of Art, 1997. Hardcover first edition - A book for all ages, one which gives an inside look at the people and processes that make an art museum tick. From the School Library Journal review: "Thomson uses the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, to frame her narrative, starting at 6:00 a.m. when the gallery buzzes with horticulturists hosing down trees, 'lampers' replacing 30-foot high light bulbs, and specialists scrubbing sculpture. Ensuing chapters describe in detail the work of curators, conservators, guards, educators, designers, librarians, and other staff. The author skillfully blends tidbits of trivia with child appeal (e.g., the stairs in the East Building 'are designed to vacuum-clean the shoes of visitors') with in-depth information, such as how a conservator uses infrared photography to restore a da Vinci. The book design mirrors this approach, alternating a series of small photographs depicting the installation of a 15-ton bronze sculpture with full-page color and black-and-white scenes of a sea of guards or the interior of a design studio." Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Illustrated throughout. Slightly larger format. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-395826837.