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 De/Installation, Preparator Culture

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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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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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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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Transporting an Unstretched Painting from Oakland to Sonora

Anthony Pinata Art De/Installation, Art Museum, De/Installation

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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 Art Museum, De/Installation, OTHER

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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 Art Museum, De/Installation

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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 Art Museum, De/Installation

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A Cool Way to Fold a Box

Hi All, this one speaks loudest from it’s images. It’s fairly simple to make, does anyon...[Read More]

Gweneth Mclittle Art Conservation, Art De/Installation, Art Museum, De/Installation

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One Way to Improve a Security Hardware Tool (UPDATE: 2 Ways)

Hi All, Have you ever scraped the wall while taking a secured painting on or off the wall? Then you ...[Read More]

Matt Isble Art Museum, De/Installation

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