What?!? Do you have a wedding dress just “hanging around” your home or museum collection? Well today’s post is for you. Today’s Museum Minute, written by my dear friend and colleague, Steven Rosengard, is all about wedding dress preservation. Take it away, Steve! Calling all Brides! Many of you may have gone through the trouble … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Preservation
Preserving Boxes
Ah, boxes. If you’re a collector of something that comes in a box, then you know that preserving the box can be a key part of retaining the item’s value. Museum folks preserve boxes because, well, if an item finds itself in the collection, it needs to be preserved.* And still, other people wish to … Continue reading
Using Tape: A PSA
Today’s post is a Preservation Public Service Announcement. Please don’t use tape (scotch, duct, masking, packing, or any other kind) when working with your stuff! Tape can be very tempting, especially the nice, clear kind. Taping over a tear can make a document seem much more stable. Tape can stop a tear from getting worse, … Continue reading
Beautiful Reproductions
As a museum person / historian, I’m interested in preserving and interpreting historic items of all types. The “old stuff”, is, after all, an actual piece of the past that we can’t replace. If we lose an artifact, we can’t get it back. People want to experience something real, and historic artifacts are, in fact, … Continue reading
On a Roll: Textile Storage (part 2)
OKAY. Today, this will be short and sweet. Promise. In my second post about rolling textiles (read the first post here), I want talk about what to do with the rolls when you’re done with them. This is a simple DIY for any museum to build, and is a great way to get some non-collections … Continue reading
On a Roll: Textile Storage (part I)
It’s time for another preservation post! If you’re new to the Museum Minute (welcome!), be sure to catch up with my post on padded hangers and on book preservation. So without further delay (we only have a minute, after all), today’s topic is (drum roll please–no pun intended–) Rolled Textile Storage! Huh? Textiles come in … Continue reading
Conserve O Grams
Ah, Conserve O Grams, a resource near and dear to my heart. To the uninitiated, Conserve O Grams are: “short, focused leaflets about caring for museum objects, published in loose-leaf format. New topics are added as needed and out-of-date issues are revised or deleted.” (from the National Park Service‘s website) In other words, if you’re … Continue reading
Exhibitsmith HQ
I thought you might be interested to have a little “behind the scenes” look into Exhibitsmith HQ. You’ve already seen some of the more exciting action shots here, but I thought I’d give you a little tour of my “home office.” Notice how the quotations are in boldface–in actuality, a large part of my “office” … Continue reading
Archival Products at Archival Products
I recently had the opportunity to tour the offices at Archival Products, a local archival supply company. Per their website: Archival Products presents elegant solutions for preservation for colleges and universities, museums, historical societies, art and music libraries, medical schools and government offices as well as for the private conservator. The offices and warehouse were … Continue reading
An Adorable* Museum
One of the most exciting things about being a museum consultant is getting the opportunity to visit with museums of all sizes and with all different kinds of collections. I recently had the opportunity to visit the Eagle Grove Museum, which is housed in an adorable, 1903 Carnegie Library. The Museum has been mostly closed … Continue reading
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