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The Head of a Bolt Could Make a Difference When Hanging on D-Rings The Head of a Bolt Could Make a Difference When Hanging on D-Rings

The Head of a Bolt Could Make a Difference When Hanging on D-Rings

This is a short but sweet article on the little things one can do to make one’s life a little ...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Tijana Cvetkovic Conserving Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for Exhibition at Nga Toi Arts Te Papa Tijana Cvetkovic Conserving Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for Exhibition at Nga Toi Arts Te Papa

Tijana Cvetkovic Conserving Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for Exhibition at Nga Toi Arts Te Papa

Here’s a short video published on Dec 12, 2013 depicting painting conservator Tijana Cvetkovic...[Read More]

Matt Isble
The National Museum of Denmark Gives Insight into their Conservation Process with Nice Before and After Shots The National Museum of Denmark Gives Insight into their Conservation Process with Nice Before and After Shots

The National Museum of Denmark Gives Insight into their Conservation Process with Nice Before and After Shots

Here’s a video published on May 6, 2013, this film offers insight into the conservators’...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Effective and Funny Zoo Signage, Send Me Yours Effective and Funny Zoo Signage, Send Me Yours

Effective and Funny Zoo Signage, Send Me Yours

In the study The Effect of Humor on Advertising Comprehension they find that “Prior investigat...[Read More]

Matt Isble
How to Paint a Sun Mural for a Solar Focused Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Richmond How to Paint a Sun Mural for a Solar Focused Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Richmond

How to Paint a Sun Mural for a Solar Focused Exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Richmond

Here’s a quick time-lapse about how to paint a large sun on the wall dating back to 2009. This...[Read More]

Matt Isble
AAagh! Too Many Visitors! Don’t You Wish You Could Close to Clean Up, They Did. AAagh! Too Many Visitors! Don’t You Wish You Could Close to Clean Up, They Did.

AAagh! Too Many Visitors! Don’t You Wish You Could Close to Clean Up, They Did.

Not much to see here, I just thought it sounded dreamy, having the luxury of closing for 6 months. [...[Read More]

Matt Isble
How to Make Paintable Wall Terminals for Stanchion Cord How to Make Paintable Wall Terminals for Stanchion Cord

How to Make Paintable Wall Terminals for Stanchion Cord

Hi Everyone, Here’s a two-part series on stanchions. In this segment I’ll show you how w...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Easy Museum Interactive Using Custom Plastic Puzzle Easy Museum Interactive Using Custom Plastic Puzzle

Easy Museum Interactive Using Custom Plastic Puzzle

Hello MT Community, Here’s a very basic interactive for your museum: a plastic puzzle using a ...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Art Packers Hot Glue Gun Caddy on the Go Art Packers Hot Glue Gun Caddy on the Go

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 ou...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Rigging and Installing Richard Serra’s Delineator at MOMA Rigging and Installing Richard Serra’s Delineator at MOMA

Rigging and Installing Richard Serra’s Delineator at MOMA

This story was covered by MOMA’s website, but I think Museum Trade is a great place to land al...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Painting Walls without Streaks Using a Latex Extender Solution Painting Walls without Streaks Using a Latex Extender Solution

Painting Walls without Streaks Using a Latex Extender Solution

We’ve had issues with streaking in out paint jobs.  It’s not always obvious, sometimes i...[Read More]

Matt Isble
Moving Several Dollies of Blue Blankets by Yourself Moving Several Dollies of Blue Blankets by Yourself

Moving Several Dollies of Blue Blankets by Yourself

In our profession, time is often of the essence. If one person can do the same job as two or three o...[Read More]

Matt Isble

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