This is a short but sweet article on the little things one can do to make one’s life a little easier. There are just a ton of things that take very little time to do, but can mean the difference between “I’m on” […]

Here’s a short video published on Dec 12, 2013 depicting painting conservator Tijana Cvetkovic, she describes the conservation treatment required to prepare Petrus van der Velden’s Marken Funeral Barge for […]

Here’s a video published on May 6, 2013, this film offers insight into the conservators’ working process as they treat the paintings. See how the artworks are analyzed and cleaned, how flaking paint is r […]

Here’s a quick time-lapse about how to paint a large sun on the wall dating back to 2009. This is a very basic presentation of information, but somewhere, out there, among ALL the museums there is one that is […]

Not much to see here, I just thought it sounded dreamy, having the luxury of closing for 6 months.

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Here’s a two-part series on stanchions. In this segment I’ll show you how we make wall terminals for stanchion cord, the next will be a review of Line Logic’s stanchion set. It won’t matter […]

This story was covered by MOMA’s website, but I think Museum Trade is a great place to land all the stories from around the net, we’d like to be a one stop shop, so please let us know if you come across an […]

We’ve had issues with streaking in out paint jobs.  It’s not always obvious, sometimes it depends on the light, sometimes you need to be an installer to see it, but none the less it’s bothersome. I doesn’t matter […]

In our profession, time is often of the essence. If one person can do the same job as two or three others, you go for it (object safety being paramount of course). I was faced with getting a lot of blankets up to […]

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Have you ever had to paint just a massive field of peds or cases? Do it all the time you say? Yeah it happens and here’s a picture of it. This is more of a Preparator Culture type of article, […]

This is the copy for this fake post. This is a test, only eat of the emergency broadcast system, this is only a test, BeeeeeP.

It’s always nice to display the exhibit catalog if it’s available. It helps further contextualize the works and helps promote a product available in the store. Usually we use four pan head screws on the back cover […]

The time-lapse format is always fun, but I think we can gain insight as well.  If you have an installation for an artists and you can prepare yourself by looking at a time-lapse of the or a typical piece from […]

Large Scale: Lippincott Inc.
by Jonathan Lippincott

Before Lippincott, Inc. was founded in 1966, artists had no natural industrial partner and no capacity to produce sculpture on an industrial scale. They […]

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 […]