February 14, 2011

Small Museums: Stage Three Improving Collections Storage with a Larger Budget

 

Six Simple Steps: Improve Your Collections Storage for a Few More Dollars or Donations!

 Bigger Bucks – Now that you’ve done such a great job organizing your storage you can ask for donations! Show your board what you’ve accomplished and show them what you still need to protect those valuable collections. Ask for donations from members, local businesses or foundations to help fund these items. Use the photos you’ve taken to document your progress!

  • If you have space to hang clothing, make padded hangers for each item, hang them on a clothing rack and cover it with a washed muslin dust cover; if not, pad clothing, textiles and dimensional items with acid-free tissue; wrap small items in acid-free tissue or washed muslin and box them; pad and roll large flat textiles with the decorative side out and wrap them in a washed muslin cover.  
  • House books (especially those with damaged bindings) in adjustable acid-free book covers.  
  • Flatten maps, prints or other large documents and store them in a lockable metal flat file cabinet.
  • Purchase acid-free foil-back labels, and acid-free storage boxes for your objects.
  • Remove framed items from frames and store in flat file cabinets or reframe them using appropriate acid-free materials and preservation glass.
  • Add storage furniture, ideally plated or powder coated metal shelf units on wheels so they can be pushed together to save space; and lockable fire proof file cabinets.
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