I would agree with this, you might also want to consider the use of some type of "security screw" for added protection (essentially a screw which requires a non-standard screw driver)
Trevor Reynolds
Collections Registrar, English Heritage
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>>> "Loughman, Sara" <[log in to unmask]> 11/11 8:21 pm >>>
Dear Bethany,
I would use "keepers" which actually do screw the frames to the walls. It
is pretty common for smaller framed works of art. Keepers are a strip of
metal, about two inches long that you screw to the back of the frame and
then also to the wall. You can also touch up the keepers with a little
paint that is the same as the wall color so they do not show. You can use
just one per object, but sometimes we even use 4 on our standard photography
frames and then you do not heed a hanging wire.
Sincerely,
Sara Detweiler Loughman
Associate Registrar - Exhibitions
Philadelphia Museum of Art
tel: 215-684-7885 fax: 215-235-0048
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bethany S. Rutledge [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:05 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Security for Hanging Artwork
Does anybody on the list have a preferred security mechanism for hanging
smaller framed artwork in a... well, let's say non-traditional setting. A
traveling exhibit of ours is heading to the waiting rooms in a new medical
building. Lighting and a security system were designed with the exhibit in
mind, but I'd sleep better at night if there were a little extra something
keeping those pieces from walking out of the building. What can I do, short
of screwing the frames directly to the wall?
Many thanks for any help you can offer!
Bethany Rutledge
Director of Collections & Exhibits
Thornton W. Burgess Society
6 Discovery Hill Rd.
East Sandwich, MA 02537
508.888.4668
www.thorntonburgess.org
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