Title Wall Design Images
Title Wall Design Images
Embellishing with Lichtenberg Wood Burning for Natural Plant-like Formations
Also know as Lichtenberg Figures this process dates back quite a while. I think it would be a nice technique in a natural history museum, children’s museum, or science museum not only for its science, but also for its beauty. Are any of you using this technique in some capacity? Here is the Wikipedia entry: Lichtenberg figures (German Lichtenberg-Figuren), or “Lichtenberg dust figures&...[Read More]
Three Experiments for Kids: Water is Water
We came across Playfullearning.net the other day and want to share them with you, they have a plethora of resources for all museum types. We’ve organized and curated their content into areas of MuseumTrade, but we encourage you to take a visit for yourself. Please let us know if you find a post there that the MuseumTrade community would enjoy. WATER IS WATER Confession number one, I a...[Read More]
Prep Candy of Instagram
Because sometimes you just need to nerd out! We bring you some of the best MuseumTrade worthy Instagram feeds. Admittedly these tend to be art museum focused, but we’d like to round this out with feeds from all museum types. Please add a comment if you follow a user or hashtag not found here. Enjoy. @Museum Trade [elfsight_instagram_feed id=”30″] #ArtHandler [elfsight_instagram_f...[Read More]
The Battle Between Beautiful Terrazzo Floors and the Casework that Lay Upon it
Imagine pools of wax swooshing around on the floor, moving this way and that, usually in the dead of night so the buffed wax has time to dry before everyone comes in to work the next day. It makes your museum look its best and is always an “OOooo” and “Wow” moment when you come in to see the beautiful work. I have that feeling as well, except I also have the sense of dread,...[Read More]
Here’s a Test Kit to Determine the Best Adhesive Vinyl for Your Textured Walls
We found this on Fellers.com, but we’re guessing other places sell this as well. If you’re looking to install graphics that will last for some time, you might want to look into a test kit like this. It’s better to take a little extra time to get it right instead of spending thousands of dollars shortly down the road when you learn you installed the wrong material. In addition, th...[Read More]
Flammy and Chip Go Knolling, Are you This Way at Home?
I can’t say that I take it this far at home, but I surely relate to the look in the eyes of Flammy and Chip. Enjoy you preparator nerds! [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsnCEFMC-C8″ mode=”lazyload-lightbox” thumbnail=”7789″ play_icon_style=”circle” /]
One Way to Encourage (Demand) that Nothing is Stacked on Your Crate
You can spray paint the message all you want, but you’ll never know, with one hundred percent certainty, that others will respect your message of DO NOT STACK. So what can you do, here’s one simple solution. Pretty obvious, but hey, sometimes something simple is all you need. Happy crating to all of you. A bonus Image we came across, hopefully none of this was destined to any o...[Read More]
Fitness Tracking for Elephant Welfare
Here’s an interesting take on wildlife welfare. It demonstrates promising results and may have implications for other animal habitats. Fitness tracking is all the rage right now. If you want to, you can monitor your heart rate, count your footsteps and calories burned, and even monitor your sleep patterns, all using devices that can fit around your wrist or in your pocket. But ...[Read More]
Adhesion Fundamentals – Tapes, Seals, Etc.
Did you know that packing tape requires pressure to fully adhere? It’s a pressure sensitu=ive tape and so are a lot of the products we use in the Museum Trade. I found a nice succinct description of what is happening with the adhesive and how to make the most of it. Different adhesives are used for different purposes. Selecting the proper adhesive requires the consideration of several import...[Read More]