Evaluating your current museum storage and wanting to upgrade your storage furniture?  Building a new storage facility?  This course will help you learn how to make safe choices for the preservation of your collection in storage.

 

 

MS 202: Museum Storage Facilities and Furniture

April 1 to 26, 2024

Instructor: Molly Winslow

Location: https://museumclasses.org/

 

Description:

If you are building a new storage facility or retrofitting an old one, this course provides the blueprint for how to approach architects and engineers as well as redesigning your facility yourself. The course covers the philosophy of storage, the construction requirements, security, fire and water prevention, types of furniture, and how to plan for collections growth.

 

The course will start with a refresher on the agents of deterioration and environmental issues to assure that the students have a common base to begin.

 

After this introduction, topics include determining storage and defining space, architectural design considerations and issues such as lighting, security and planning. We will discuss general information about storage furniture types and storage materials, how to modify existing cabinets and information on homemade storage systems. The last section includes specific information from a variety of vendors, specifics on writing a Request for Proposal (RFP), and what to consider when making a decision on a furniture type and vendor.

 

The instructor will add readings and other information depending upon the students and their individual institutional problems and concerns.

 

For more information: https://www.collectioncare.org/museum-storage-facilities-and-furniture-line-course