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Tools & Supplies
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Storage and Display Supplies
Storage articles are focusing more and more on custom-fit boxes and storage mounts. We have assembled some materials to help you learn how to make boxes (our box-making kit) and created a kit with all the tools you might need to get started on box-making. Also, we have developed, pulling together information from a variety of sources, a Museum Materials Sample Booklet so you can tell what is a good storage material and what will not last or may damage your collection. All of these materials are based on our popular Museum Materials and Box-Making workshops.
 Museum Materials sample booklet Ordering archival supplies can be difficult and confusing. This booklet provides sample materials of the most common supplies currently offered and discusses how they are used in museums. Organized by function, the booklet covers rigid materials, padding materials, ties and attachments, barrier materials and "bad" materials.
 Materials Testing Kit Acid fumes are a danger to any collection. This kit provides information and supplies to aid in the testing of construction materials. The Materials Testing Kit includes 24 glass jars, acid detection strips, tweezers, silver coupons, lead coupons, aluminum foil, 1 sheet of preprinted labels and an instruction manual.
 Coatings for Display and Storage in Museums by Jean Tetreault.
Alert museum staff to the damage that coatings might cause to objects
and provide guidelines for choosing coatings that minimize this risk.
Lists coatings and alternative materials and procedures. Recommendations
are based on classes of coatings and resins, taking into ac-count
the large variety of coatings on the market. Describes tests to
verify coating specifications or monitor the emission of volatile compounds.
Also provides information on substrate surface preparation.
Price: $20.00
 Mount-making for Museum Objects by Robert Barclay, Andre Bergeron and Carole Dignard provides specific information and useful advice on the mounting of museum objects. Topics covered include reasons for creating mounts, recommended stable materials, tips on choosing materials, the working properties of materials, and methods for measuring artifacts. Objects with custom-made mounts are illustrated with photographs and line drawings. A supplier list and bibliography add to the overall quality of this book.
 Working 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.
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