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Courses we recommend:


MS244: Traveling Exhibitions **NEW**
              Apr 12 - May 7, 2010
              Course Description & Info - Student Login
              Price: $475.00     [Add to Cart]   [View Cart]
              Instructor: Helen Alten


Books and products we recommend:

Working with Polyethylene Foam and Fluted Plastic SheetWorking with Polyethylene Foam and Fluted Plastic Sheet by Carl Schlichting examines several techniques and illustrates a series of basic approaches that have been developed for working with polyethylene foam and fluted plastic. The many detailed illustrations clarify for the reader the fabrication methods described in the text.
Working with Polyethylene
Foam & Fluted Plastic
$14.00
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Links to related information on other sites:

2.4 Works of Art in Transit
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/abstracts/2.4.html

NEDCC - Packing and Shipping Paper Artifacts
http://www.nedcc.org/contact/packing.php

Moving, Packing, and Shipping Furniture
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/movefurn.html

Checklist for Planning the Shipment of Museum Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 17/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/17-01.pdf

Packing Museum Objects for Shipment (Conserve-O-Gram 17/2) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/17-02.pdf

Crating Museum Objects for Shipment (Conserve-O-Gram 17/3) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/17-03.pdf

Retrofitting a Moving Van to Transport Museum Collections (Conserve-O-Gram 17/4) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/17-04.pdf


Exhibiting
|--Exhibit Materials--|--Display Cases--|
|--Testing Materials--|--Light Levels--|--Mounts--|--Transporting--|

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