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  • EXHIBIT TIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of ASTC’s Dimensions magazine
    MORE ON NAMING AN EXHIBITION
    Naming is one […]

  • EXHIBIT TIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of ASTC’s Dimensions magazine
    ON COLLABORATING SUCCESSFULLY WITH CLIENTS AND […]

  • EXHIBIT TIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of ASTC’s Dimensions magazine
    ON DESIGNING DIGITAL GAMES
    Future Energy […]

  • EXHIBIT TIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of ASTC’s Dimensions magazine. Kari Jensen, senior exhibit developer, Oregon M […]

  • Hi All,

    Are you guilty of labeling your life? Have you cut vinyl from scraps from work for your flour and sugar jars, or made labels for art on your wall? Have you been accused of doing worse? Please share your […]

  • EXHIBIT TIPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

    This is an extended version of an article that appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of ASTC’s Dimensions magazine. Kari J […]

  • Hide-a-cord has it’s place in life and is an essential tool in the technician’s toolbox, but it can add a bit of presence on the wall. You can paint it to match of course, but it’s still there. Here’s our process […]

  • This is just a simple first article from me. If ever you think to yourself “I can skip that part of the install, no one will notice” you’ve just lost the game. Of course we cut […]

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

    Whether you like it or not sometimes we all have to paint walls. If you are lucky enough to be in […]

    • Nice! We (West midlands technicians in the UK) sometimes use a 6×4 hardboard sheet instead of a tarpaulins as we find it much easier to slide them across the floor (as we go) and they are narrow enough that we don’t have to walk on them but still catch dribbles.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 an area of […]

  • 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 not only for its science, but also […]

  • We came across Playfullearning.net the other day and want to share them with you, they have a plethora of resources for all museum types. We’ve organized and curated their content into areas of MuseumTrade, but we […]

  • Because sometimes you just need to nerd out! We bring you some of the best MuseumTrade worthy Instagram feeds. Admittedly these tend to be art museum focused, but we’d like to round this out with feeds from all […]

  • Matt Isble wrote a new post 7 years ago

    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 time to dry before everyone comes in to work the next day. It makes your museum […]

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