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

The Dinosaurs Arrive and Unload at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

This is a fun little video and demonstrates how these creatures are wrapped and rigged.  Not as much about final placement, but there are a…

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Framing Hardware Production Line

Here's a quick image set of us getting through dozens of frames that we had to refinish.  The original frame finish was an unattractive crackled…

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Building a Faux Cabaret for the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition

Here's a quick behind the scenes look at assembling a faux cabaret for the exhibition. Much of it was built and painted off-site and what…

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TEST POST – Visitor Signage at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Here are a couple of pictures I took at the museum to help those with young visitors understand the museum's expectation and how they advertise…

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Wrapping Ornate Frame for Short Distance Transport

We had to find a way to quickly wrap an old painting with its ornate frame for a 4 hour road trip. The frame extends…

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Installing Raw Canvas Painting Using Hook and Loop

As you can see from the pictures below, we were faced with a difficult installation.  This piece is meant to float up a bit on…

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Adaptable shipping box for 2D painting

I can't find a manufacturer name on this box! Anyone have a source for boxes like this? In the pictures below, you'll notice white straps…

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