Another good source to work from would be the 1992 PACIN Conference
notebook.  Although a little out-of-date the Directory includes more than 50
pages of fine arts companies, listing their services and contact
information.

In addition to USArt and FFAE for transportation, I have regularly used
Terry Dowd Inc. (based in Chicago, but works all over the mid-west) for
crating.  I would also recommend Naglee Fine Art in Elmira NY, ArtWorks of
Kansas City and Artech in Seattle.

Janice

Janice Klein
Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pam Richardson <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 8:25 AM
Subject: local craters,s hippers, handlers


>Greetings all,
>
>I've been updating & compiling a list of regional crate builders and/or
>shippers (worldwide) by using the AAM Services directory and by contacting
>several colleagues at other institutions,  to find out who they have used
to
>crate their works for shipment. The list is detailed well enough, but I'm
>hoping to make it just a bit more comprehensive.
>
>By and large, it seems most of us use FFAE, USArt, Artex, Hasenkamp for
>transit and, in many many cases, for crate construction. For most of us
>their services have been quite satisfactory. Now what I am interested in
>obtaining is more localized information. If your museum is located outside
>of one of the cities the abovementioned company has an office in, do you
use
>a local contract crater? Who?????? If your staff builds crates in-house,
can
>s/he accommodate requests by other institutions to crate works not in your
>collection (ie., a local collector's)? I realize that's a rarity these
days!
>If you need assistance with installations, who do you use & can recommend
>locally? In my experiece, a recommendation by a colleague is the best way
to
>choose a crater/handler/shipper for my own task at hand.
>
>I am be happy to compile this info and send it to anyone interested. Please
>feel welcome to reply off-list to me at the email address below. Thanks to
>all of those great folks who have already supplied me with information.
>
>Pam Richardson
>Assistant Registrar
>Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
>7th and Independence Ave SW
>Washington DC 20560
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