Art Museum

How-to: Strengthen your Mitered Frame Corners with Easy Splines

You’ve seen these I’m sure. Little keyed pieces of wood on the four corners of frames. T...[Read More]

Kevin Wilson Art Museum, De/Installation

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How to Repurpose a Crate for Artwork that Travels

In this article Sean outlines a fine method for making the most out of what gets shipped out. Along ...[Read More]

Sean Harrison Art De/Installation, De/Installation, Design

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Stained Glass hanging with rail and cable

In the summer of 2021 I was gifted a Arakawa art rail system from a Museum Trade reader give-away. A...[Read More]

Sean Harrison Art Museum, De/Installation, Design

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VIDEO REVIEW: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Getting the Work Ready for the Exhibit

  Hello Trade Folk, Here’s a little behind the scenes for opening up crates, condition reportin...[Read More]

Matt Isble Art Museum, De/Installation, Design, SJMA Conservation

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Do Not Touch Signage Example at LACMA

  Yeah, Mr. MC Hammer said it best “You can’t touch this!”. How do you Do Not...[Read More]

Matt Isble Art Museum, De/Installation, Design

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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 Art Conservation, Art De/Installation, Art Museum, Conservation, De/Installation, History Museum, Mounts & Care, Natural Science Conservation, Science Conservation

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How Matt Construction is Building a Museum Using Augmented Reality. Yep Really.

Hi Museum Folk, I came across this and it blew my mind. I mean, in retrospect of course they are usi...[Read More]

Museum Trade Aquarium, Art Museum, Children's Museum, Design, History Museum, Interactives, Natural Science, Science Museum, Zoo

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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 Art Museum, De/Installation

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

Matt Isble Art De/Installation, CAM De/Installation, De/Installation

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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 Art De/Installation, Children's De/Installation, De/Installation, History Museum De/installation, Natural Science De/Installation, Science De/Installation

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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 Art De/Installation, Art Museum, Preparator Culture

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

Greg Pond Art De/Installation, Art Design, Art Museum, De/Installation, Design

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