Ilan,

Think about making an insert for your case out of conservation-safe plywood
or other similar materials, and then covering that insert with a
conservation-safe fabric. I had a similar problem years ago at a small
historical society where I worked, and the insert (in my case, shaped like
an "H", so I could hang things on either side) solved my problem.

Martha Katz-Hyman
Curator
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Williamsburg, VA


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Ilan Goodman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Our museum recently received a very generous donation of new display
> cases. Unfortunately, they are glass all the way around. We have several
> items that we want to hang in the case, but I'm worried that it will look
> funny directly on the glass. What would be a good material to use as a
> backing to put items on?
>
> Kindest personal regards,
> Ilan Goodman
> Chamber of the Holocaust, Jerusalem.
>

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