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De/Installation

Show off your “HOW-TOs”, innovations, tips, tricks, successes and yes, your failures. Learn from others or from other types of museums.

Painting Tip (newer buildings)

  DO YOUR WALLS HAVE A SMALL REVEAL AT THE BOTTOM? HERE’S A PAINTING TIP FOR QUICK AND QUALITY COVERAGE.   Whether you like it…

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1920 2560 Chris Martin

The Art of Installation

Four photos; of two museum preparators installing three Duane Hanson figures. The three Hanson sculptures, with their sawhorses and scaffolding are stationary, but the photos,…

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1944 2457 Diane Burk

The Battle Between Beautiful Terrazzo Floors and the Casework that Lay Upon it

Imagine pools of wax swooshing around on the floor, moving this way and that, usually in the dead of night so the buffed wax has…

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2560 1920 Matt Isble

Here’s a Test Kit to Determine the Best Adhesive Vinyl for Your Textured Walls

We found this on Fellers.com, but we're guessing other places sell this as well. If you're looking to install graphics that will last for some…

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800 450 Museum Trade

One Way to Encourage (Demand) that Nothing is Stacked on Your Crate

You can  spray paint the message all you want, but you'll never know, with one hundred percent certainty, that others will respect your message of…

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1200 837 Museum Trade

Adhesion Fundamentals – Tapes, Seals, Etc.

Did you know that packing tape requires pressure to fully adhere? It's a pressure sensitu=ive tape and so are a lot of the products we…

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255 259 Museum Trade

Art Packers Hot Glue Gun Caddy on the Go

We had Ship Art International here the other day to crate our Claire Falkenstein and they whipped out this caddy for a 3M industrial strength…

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1920 2560 Matt Isble

How to Install Wall Mounted Shelves with a Semi-Hidden Metal Mount for Ceramic Pots

Insert copy here:           These "Design Resources" are a series of short articles intended to provide designers with evidence-based information to address…

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2560 1701 Matt Isble
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