Several people have asked about our painting bins, so I thought I would send our specs out to the whole list. For our in-house bin building we would use the following supplies:
Oversize Bins (10 x 12 x 6')
400' poplar (1 ½ x 1 3/4") per bin
8 sheets 4 x 8 feet plywood per bin
4 pieces 12 feet 2 x 4s per bin
2 pieces 8 feet 2 x 4s per bin
3 gallons Vapor Barrier per bin
These bins are skeleton bins with poplar frames and a plywood base. We sometimes cover the skeleton frames with oversize cardboard to help prevent the paintings from catching. The poplar is also sanded or routed on the edges to get rid of the sharp corners. The spacing between the frames is sometimes adjusted to fit specific pieces. All materials are screwed together (not nailed) so that the units can be diassembled if needed. The spaces in between the frames (the bins) have a bottom layer of 1/2" ethatfoam covered in heavy-duty tyvek (more paper-like than soft). This allows the paintings or travel frames to slide easily in and out of the bins.
Smaller bins
I've listed the materials we use for various sizes of bins below. These are typically made of 1/2" or 3/4" 4 x 8' sheets of MDO. MDO (Medium Density Overlay) is a manufactured wood product made from layers of wood. We use this instead of plywood (it is too rough and there are too many knotholes, etc.) or fiberboard (it is heavily treated with chemicals and off-gasses too much). Everything is painted with a vapor barrier to help prevent off-gassing. The outer walls of the bins are made with the thicker MDO, and the inner walls with thinner materials. This saves a bit in the weight of the final product. Again, the bottoms of the bins are lined with tyvek-covered ethafoam. For smaller bins we use the regular (softer) tyvek to cover the pads.
6 x 5 x 4' Bins
5 sheets 4 x 8 feet ¾" MDO per bin
3 sheets 4 x 8 feet 1/2" MDO per bin
2 gallons Vapor Barrier per bin
4 x 4 x 4' Bins
2 sheets 4 x 8 feet ¾" MDO per bin
2 sheets 4 x 8 feet 1/2" MDO per bin
1 gallon Vapor Barrier per bin
2 x 3 x 4' Bins
2 sheets 4 x 8 feet ¾" MDO per bin
2 sheets 4 x 8 feet 1/2" MDO per bin
1 gallon Vapor Barrier per bin
5 x 8 x 4' Bins
300' poplar (1 ½ x 1 3/4") per bin
5 sheets 4 x 8 feet plywood per bin
4 pieces 8 feet 2 x 4s per bin
2 gallons Vapor Barrier per bin
10 x 6 x 4' Bins
300' poplar (1 ½ x 1 3/4") per bin
5 sheets 4 x 8 feet plywood per bin
4 pieces 8 feet 2 x 4s per bin
2 gallons Vapor Barrier per bin
I hope this helps!
Angela Steinmetz
Collections Coordinator
Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204-2788
Phone: (720) 865-5023
Fax: (720) 865-5081
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Painting storage equipmentI would be interested in any information about
this topic as well. Our Painting collection is being stored in crates with
archival packing for more than 10yrs.
--Shannon
from generation to generation
The History Center in Tompkins County
Shannon Lindridge, Collections Manager
401 East State Street, Suite 100, Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.8284 ext.7 (FAX) 607.273.6107
www.TheHistoryCenter.net <http://www.thehistorycenter.net/>
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Subject: Painting storage equipment
Our archives possesses a number of paintings that need proper storage.
Unfortunately, we do not have space for the screens (as I believe they're
called) on which paintings are hung. We do have room for some kind of
slotted, upright shelving system--less than ideal no doubt but much better
than our present storage. I know this would result in the weight of the
artwork resting on the frame, but perhaps there is a way to provide a soft
cushion which would minimize that impact? Now that I think of it, I suppose
that the slots could have boards from which the paintings hang, which would
do away with that problem.
I was surprised that my searches for museum storage equipment yielded very
few useful results. Could anyone on the list point me in the right
direction, or suggest vendors who might have on-line sites with images of
some kind of upright storage system?
Thanks for any help,
Peter F. Schmid, CA
Asst. Archivist, Visual Resources
Providence Archives
4800 37th Avenue SW
Seattle, Washington 98126
Archives office: (206) 937-4600
Desk: (206) 923-4012
Fax: (206) 923-4001
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