I thought I’d take a moment to share the tool we used to develop two interactives in our galleries. The attached document was used by four groups of (three people per group) and the result was shared the entire […]

If you’re a fan of Andy Goldsworthy you will love this video.  Notice how the install crew has to work their way out of the space and at the very last second has to drop the final sticks from the ledge.  Enjoy

It doesn’t matter how new your building is, the floor will be uneven from one side of the room to the other. Those of us who work with historic homes or building really understand this issue. Instead of measuring […]

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Have you ever had a painting where the space between the painting and its crate or travel frame was so tight that you had to use either your middle and first fingers or god forbid needle nose pl […]

These directions will let you wirelessly print four images to a page of Avery 5168 WITHOUT the use of wi-fi or cords. This was necessary when we went on a four-day trip to pack an entire offsite location on a […]

This is a nice video regarding the difficulty and solutions involved in making a mount strong enough to hold up a helmet, but simple and gentle enough to support its delicate liner at the same time.  Many nice […]

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Here’s part one of a two part series. We’ve been given a budget to solve this peripheral strip lighting inside our eight tall cases this fiscal year. It’s very exciting because we are […]

Hello fellow preparator and technician nerds.  Here’s the final in the Tom Sachs series of films.  He makes some other fun films and I encourage you to check em out, but I think this is the last one that applies t […]

I think you’ll agree that your are a craftsperson nerd if you like videos like this.  More from the Tom Sachs series of videos we bring you a Love Letter to Plywood.  The way he expresses his adoration is really b […]

If you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen it a thousand times; Visitors molesting the objects without a care in the world.  I’m sorry for the strong language here, but I can’t seem to get used to it after all these […]

This is a fun little video and demonstrates how these creatures are wrapped and rigged.  Not as much about final placement, but there are a couple jacks and lifts I haven’t used before.  Enjoy.
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Having a little one at home changes you in so many ways.  Our son is 18 months and the fear that crosses his face when he sees one of us go under water in the pool is terrible to see and is like nothing else, so […]

We came across this article on the SEGD.org website about this neat exhibition.  I thought all of you might be able to gleam some inspiration from it.  Enjoy.
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When the Museum of Science and Industry Ch […]

It looks like the site was designed in the 90s, the site could use some major updating, but the content is there.  Particularly fun is the gallery of zoos.  They break each Zoo down to size, maps, animals, co […]

I came across this today and the concept could be applied to other artists physically in the gallery.  Additionally if your institution owns a Picasso, then you could install an iPad with this site running. […]

This is a typical scene.  A group of individuals who work really hard together, day in, day out.  Long hours, sometimes intense, and then we invite out community and the world to come see what we have and how w […]

So is nerd-dom spelled with two Ds or one?  Not sure, but I thought two read better.  Anyway, we love Tom Sachs at our shop and thought we’d create a short series of video introductions for his video works.  In th […]