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Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 4 months ago

Hello Trade Community,

Here’s part one of a two part series. We’ve been given a budget to solve this peripheral strip lighting inside our eight tall cases this fiscal year. It’s very exciting because we are […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

Hello fellow preparator and technician nerds. Here’s the final in the Tom Sachs series of films. He makes some other fun films and I encourage you to check em out, but I think this is the last one that applies t […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

I think you’ll agree that your are a craftsperson nerd if you like videos like this. More from the Tom Sachs series of videos we bring you a Love Letter to Plywood. The way he expresses his adoration is really b […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

If you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen it a thousand times; Visitors molesting the objects without a care in the world. I’m sorry for the strong language here, but I can’t seem to get used to it after all these […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

Insert copy here: These “Design Resources” are a series of short articles intended to provide designers with evidence-based information to address issues currently not covered in accessibility stand […]

richard gould replied 6 years, 3 months ago

Very attractive, but what about ADA?
- Museum Trade replied 6 years, 2 months ago
  
  Thank you for your contribution. Yes, that’s a keen eye you have there. We realized that after the install as well. To solve this there’s a technique where you put trim on the floor so people feel and see this before running into the side of a shelf. Do you have pictures of some of your ADA solutions? We’d love an article on that if you’re up for it?

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

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 couple jacks and lifts I haven’t used before. Enjoy.
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Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

Having a little one at home changes you in so many ways. Our son is 18 months and the fear that crosses his face when he sees one of us go under water in the pool is terrible to see and is like nothing else, so […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

We came across this article on the SEGD.org website about this neat exhibition. I thought all of you might be able to gleam some inspiration from it. Enjoy.
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When the Museum of Science and Industry Ch […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

It looks like the site was designed in the 90s, the site could use some major updating, but the content is there. Particularly fun is the gallery of zoos. They break each Zoo down to size, maps, animals, co […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

I came across this today and the concept could be applied to other artists physically in the gallery. Additionally if your institution owns a Picasso, then you could install an iPad with this site running. […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

This is a typical scene. A group of individuals who work really hard together, day in, day out. Long hours, sometimes intense, and then we invite out community and the world to come see what we have and how w […]

Museum Trade wrote a new post 9 years, 5 months ago

So is nerd-dom spelled with two Ds or one? Not sure, but I thought two read better. Anyway, we love Tom Sachs at our shop and thought we’d create a short series of video introductions for his video works. In th […]

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