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Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their spread BY ELIZABETH ANNE BROWN | PHOTOGRAPHS BY TY STANGE Maja Lindholm Kvamm, curator and collections manager at the Roskilde Museum in Denmark, cleans objects in a storage facility that has been sealed off since 2014 because of a mold outbreak. LAST SUMMER I POLLED THE GREAT ART HOUSES OF EUROPE with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in museums that can disfigure and destroy art and artifacts. To keep this microbial foe in check, institutions follow protocols designed to deter the familiar fungi that thrive in humid settings. …