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Providing collection care, preservation and conservation treatment services to collectors and collecting institutions. |
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Collection Care
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Storage GuidelinesStorage areas should be clean, well ventilated and properly illuminated. Temperature and humidity levels and air quality must be monitored regularly. Appropriate fire protection should be installed. Illumination should allow staff access to the collection without causing damage to the collection. While stored, items should be in the dark at all times. Objects within storage areas are packed, supported and stored in ways that can be either beneficial or deleterious to their condition. The following comments illustrate some basics of proper storage: 1. Small objects are best stored on shelves or in drawers. Steel shelving or drawers with a fused powder coating are good choices. Anodized aluminum is also good. Wood and wood products are generally not recommended because of the off-gassing of volatile components, primarily acids from wood and formaldehyde from adhesives. 2. All shelving should be padded to cushion the objects and reduce the risk of abrasion. Polyethylene Microfoam is the best padding material. Dust and light covers should cover open shelving units. Muslin lined with black polyester fabric makes an ideal dust and light cover. 3. Exhibition furniture, office records, publications and other non-collection material should be kept in a separate storage area for both safety and convenience. 4. Maps, documents and small objects are best kept in flat files in shallow drawers. Acid-free paper and glassine should be utilized as interleaving for paper documents. Glassine should be changed periodically as it turns yellow (it is not stable over the long term). Glassine is most commonly used to interleave chalk and pastel drawings. 5. Photographs and documents that are the same size or smaller than file cabinet drawers, may be stored in Mylar (a polyester) sleeves within acid free folders or envelopes. Care should be taken not to place too many pieces within a folder, causing them to be crushed against each other. 6. Clothing in sound condition is best stored on padded hangers in wardrobes, or if fragile, individually in shallow, acid-free boxes. This method will provide easy access and labeling, as well as minimize crushing and overcrowding. 7. Lift boxes, artifacts, equipment and furniture off the floor. All collections items should be at least six inches above the storage floor. This protects them from insects, moisture and cleaning equipment.
Cold Storage Facilities in the U.S.
Cold Storage Handling Guidelines for Photographs
Why are so Many Artifacts in Storage?
The Cold Storage of Photographic Collections Using Conventional Freezer Technology
FIAF - Journal of Film Preservation
Building a Small Cold Storage Vault
Storage
Screens for Paintings (Conserve-O-Gram 12/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storing
and Handling Plaster Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 8/2) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Creating
a Microclimate for Oversized Museum Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 4/4) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storage
Techniques for Hanging Garments: Padded Hangers (Conserve-O-Gram 4/5) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storage
Techniques for Canoe Paddles and Long-Handled Tools (Conserve-O-Gram 4/6) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Museum
Collection Storage Space: Is an Insulated Modular Structure Right
for your Collection? (Conserve-O-Gram 4/7) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Selecting
Environmental Control Systems for Insulated Modular Structures (Conserve-O-Gram 4/8) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Determining
Museum Storage Equipment Needs (Conserve-O-Gram 4/10) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Determining
Museum Storage Space Requirements (Conserve-O-Gram 4/11) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Ring
Supports for Pottery and Round-Based Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 4/12) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Planning
a Research Space (Conserve-O-Gram 4/14) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storage
Supports for Basket Collections (Conserve-O-Gram 5/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Removing
Wet Specimens from Long-Term Storage in Formalin (Conserve-O-Gram 11/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storage
Concerns for Geological Collections (Conserve-O-Gram 11/2) - (An Adobe PDF file)
Storage and Transport
Guidelines for Selecting Plastic Enclosures for Collections Storage
Storage and Housing of Archival Collections
NIH storage tour
Museum Storage Design
Storage Systems
Donnegan Systems: Climate Controlled Cabinets
Donnegan Systems: Museum Drawer Cabinets
Conserve O Gram Listing (NPS)
... 4/1 Museum Storage Cabinets 4/2 Dust Covers for Open Steel Shelving 4/3 Installing
the Retrofit Gasket Kit 4/4 Creating a Microclimate for Oversized Museum ...
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Storing
|--Storage Materials--|--Cabinets--|--Shelving--|--Boxes--|
|--Specific Materials--|--Paper--|--Books--|--Furniture--|--Natural History--|--Newspapers--|--Photographs--|
Collection Care
|--General--|--Environment--|--Numbering--|--Storing--|--Exhibiting--|--Handling--|--Cleaning--|
|--Care by Type--|--Pest Control--|--Security--|--Long Range Planning--|--Emergency Preparedness--|
