Ever-Growing List of Awesome Books for Museum Handlers, Designers, Technicians, and Preparators Hi Everyone,   MuseumTrade.org is committed to compiling all the tips, tricks, successes, […]

Comparing Mini Printers for Use in Museums Those of us in the museum field love to engage our visitors. Be it through objects, stories, interactives, graphics, or little things they can take away […]

Self-Healing Cutting Mats in Museums – What to Look for, What to Look out for

What are they? Qualities of a […]

Sacha Jafri Pulled Off the Greatest Guerrilla Art Installation in the Universe Guerrillas on the Moon Sacha Jafri was a man with a plan. He was an eccentric artist who was known for his bold and daring creations. He was determined […]

REVIEW: Micca Speck Series – G2, G3, & 4K A regularly updated review of the Micca Speck video players. All of them, the G2, G3, and 4K versions reviewed, compared, and contrasted. Spoiler alert, […]

I feel that this subject needs some attention. I’ve been focused on weird one-off solutions to everyday problems, but maybe a solid article on how to hang work in an art museum or art gallery. This is the future […]

Label placement can be tough sometimes. Have you ever had to change its color or redesign the layout because you realized that there wasn’t room for the label or that it was just not in a logical spot? we had this […]

 
Hello Trade Folk,
Here’s a little behind the scenes for opening up crates, condition reporting, laying out the art, and hanging techniques. There’s a pretty wide swath of activities in this video, and like […]

 

Yeah, Mr. MC Hammer said it best “You can’t touch this!”. How do you Do Not Touch? It’s an uphill battle, always. I was fortunate to get a tour (thank you Matt & Edwin) of the Los Angeles County Museum of […]

The Case
The Labels
The Layout
The Install
The Failure
Next Time
Before and […]

Hey there you art, science, history, children’s preparator handler technicians. I saw this today, I think for the first time in all my years. It may be ordinary to some of you or an epiphany to others. In any case […]

It’s been a long while since I, or anyone has added anything to the site. I thought I’d have all this extra time to dig into content creation. I did organize and centralize all my content, like everything that […]

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Here’s a fascinating project from the British Museum, they conserved Dürer’s Triumphal Arch. What time and care it took to clean this up. It goes to show that housing something right the first time […]

Lighting has a long history in museums and in the past 10 years it feels like its been on hyperdrive. When I started at the Crocker Art Musuem in 2008 I was already looking to find lams that would bring out the […]

Hide-a-cord has it’s place in life and is an essential tool in the technician’s toolbox, but it can add a bit of presence on the wall. You can paint it to match of course, but it’s still there. Here’s our process […]

Responsibilities Overview
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Knowledge and Skills
Education […]