Hi listers! We will be taking down two displays of ceramics (mostly china
from the 19th and 1st half of the 20th centuries) and storing them in boxes
in an off-site storage room where they may remain for half a dozen (or more)
years.

 

We are a very frugal New England historical society with many needs for
archival supplies - especially to re-house paper and textile artifacts,
which seem more at risk - so don't want to spend more than necessary here.
Should we purchase padding/separators such as a roll of polyethylene foam
(Gaylord, for instance, sells a 12" wide, 1/8" thick, 550'-long roll of
polyethylene foam for $65) - or would the items still be safely protected by
re-using bubble wrap and/or  the plastic air pouches used for packing, of
which we have a ready supply? And though I imagine flatter boxes would be
better, we have a lot of acid-free square "banker's boxes with lids that
seem like they would do the trick.

 

Any frugal conservators out there who can advise on this? Thank you!

 

--Kathie

 

 

Kathie Gow

 

Oral History Producer

http://www.wordspicturesstories.com <http://www.wordspicturesstories.com/> 

 

Curator, Hatfield Historical Museum

http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com <http://hatfieldhistory.weebly.com/> 

 

 


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