Caitlin,

My advice as a long-term objects conservator is that how you handle, pack, and transport objects and art really begins with the specifics of the object, it's materials, and condition.

I would highly recommend having an experienced conservator in the specialty of the object / art type (such as paintings, paper, objects, textiles, etc.) do an examination - condition report with recommendations for handling, packing, and travel. Objects - art that is very fragile or sensitive to handling and Rh fluctuations probably shouldn't travel. So it's a goid idea to get everything to be loaned - travel to be evaluated first. Then the packing can incorporate those recommendations. This is not a DYI thing for a more generalized museum staff member to do.

There is a professional art handler association. Here is the link to their web site:

http://www.paccin.org/content.php?s=88d043b636bbc67da4be49ed32ea5572

Don't use their information as recipes. They don't reflect the specific issues that some if your collections may present.

Cheers!

Dave

David Harvey

Principal Conservator & Museum Consultant

Los Angeles USA

www.cityofangelsconservation.weebly.com

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 8:03 AM Caitlin Hepner <[log in to unmask] wrote:

Hello friends and colleagues,

I am currently seeking up to date resources and guidelines for museum/art couriers and, more specifically, advice for couriering objects as carry-on luggage on airplanes as well as suggestions for air-travel-appropriate cases and bags. Would love to hear from any wise listservers but am also curious if anyone knows of any Facebook groups out there specific to couriers or art handlers where I could pose these questions as well?

I've done some preliminary googling but am having a hard time finding information published in this decade. I'm sure there are some guidelines that are obvious and don't go out of date, but I have to assume some things have evolved as security and airline budgets have tightened.

Feel free to comment here or pm me.

With admiration and appreciation,

Caitlin

Caitlin Hepner

Museum Technician

Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. | Post Office Box 316 | Charlottesville, Virginia 22902

Phone: (434) 984-7514 | Email: [log in to unmask] | www.monticello.org

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