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, taken from different angles, create…
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Crate Arrives Broken, What’s Left Inside? Has This Happened to You?
This is a quick, not so, fun article about the everyday disasters. Sometimes we get something like this and all is well inside, sometimes not. Today we received this crate…
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FBI Recovers Stolen Terracotta Digit, A Cautionary Tale
We all know that events are a major life-line for many museums, a necessary evil some might say. Whether you love them or hate them, they will continue to be…
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Embellishing with Lichtenberg Wood Burning for Natural Plant-like Formations
Also know as Lichtenberg Figures this process dates back quite a while. I think it would be a nice technique in a natural history museum, children's museum, or science museum…
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Three Experiments for Kids: Water is Water
We came across Confession number one, I am a sucker for the water cycle. I’m not sure what exactly entices me about this scientific phenomenon, perhaps because it is something…
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