Because conservation work is so time consuming, it is necessary to start working a year in advance to conserve and clean items scheduled to go on display the following year. With some 650,000 items in the NPM's vast collection, the conservators unavoidably find themselves racing against time.
正因為修復文物曠日費時，往往在展前一年就必須開始修護、清潔；以故宮現有 65 萬件文物計算，科技室一面要「慢工出細活」，一面難免還得和時間賽跑。