De/Installation

How to Hang Work in an Art Museum or Art Gallery

I feel that this subject needs some attention. I’ve been focused on weird one-off solutions to...[Read More]

Matt Isble

How We Made a Label a Little More Accessible to Read

Label placement can be tough sometimes. Have you ever had to change its color or redesign the layout...[Read More]

Matt Isble

Stained Glass hanging with rail and cable

In the summer of 2021 I was gifted a Arakawa art rail system from a Museum Trade reader give-away. A...[Read More]

Sean Harrison

VIDEO REVIEW: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Getting the Work Ready for the Exhibit

  Hello Trade Folk, Here’s a little behind the scenes for opening up crates, condition reportin...[Read More]

Matt Isble

Do Not Touch Signage Example at LACMA

  Yeah, Mr. MC Hammer said it best “You can’t touch this!”. How do you Do Not...[Read More]

Matt Isble

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

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

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

How Our Museum Faced the Challenge of a Case Without Space for Object Labels

Matt Isble

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

The Working Side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1928

Hi Gang, Here’s a really nice one from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, celebrating 150 years l...[Read More]

Museum Trade

How Lumber was Reused After Framing Out a Giant Platform at the Oakland Museum of California

Greg Pond