De/Installation

Custom Vinyl Letters for the Title Wall in Our Museum [Including a Failure]

  Hi Everyone, I’m pretty sure this will be interesting to all experience levels. I turne...[Read More]

Matt Isble

Art Preparator & Art Handler Training Video: Succinct and Useful

Hi Museum Trade Folk, The Western Australian Museum put this video together and wow did they pack a ...[Read More]

Matt Isble

Winner Revealed for the Summer 2021 Article Series [BONUS Tip at the End]

  For those of you who prefer to read or can’t use volume right now, the transcript is be...[Read More]

Museum Trade

How Our Museum Faced the Challenge of a Case Without Space for Object Labels

Matt Isble

How a Professional Art Mover Ride Their Blanket Stack

Hey there you art, science, history, children’s preparator handler technicians. I saw this tod...[Read More]

Matt Isble

The Working Side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1928

Hi Gang, Here’s a really nice one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, celebrating 150 years l...[Read More]

Museum Trade

How Lumber was Reused After Framing Out a Giant Platform at the Oakland Museum of California

Greg Pond

Transporting an Unstretched Painting from Oakland to Sonora

Anthony Pinata

How Do You Create a Faux Brick Floor for a Fireplace?

What makes being an art preparator, museum technician, art handler so much fun is solving problems a...[Read More]

Matt Isble

BASICS: Opening a Crate, a Few Solid Art Installer Tips

It’s been a long while since I, or anyone has added anything to the site. I thought I’d ...[Read More]

Matt Isble

INSTRUCTIONS: How to Handle Ruth Asawa’s Hanging Metal Works

  Ruth Asawa’s works are popular for a reason, they are ethereal and beautiful. They are ...[Read More]

Matt Isble

The Beautiful Art of Lighting, The Renwick Gallery Transforms its Spaces

Lighting has a long history in museums and in the past 10 years it feels like its been on hyperdrive...[Read More]

Matt Isble