<div dir="ltr">Hi all, these are all great ideas! We appreciate all of your solutions to this. <div><br><div>Our facility (The National Wildlife Property Repository) is a unique one in the fact that we are a facility for abandoned/seized wildlife products. Originally we were a salvage facility and things weren't' meant to be kept for long term. However, as our mission continues to evolve more towards an educational/outreach, the need for long(er) term preservation storage is becoming more of an issue. We are in the midst of a redesign for the space which will be small steps over time so we are trying to be smart about how we do this so we don't cause more work for ourselves in the future. Honestly, I am the first person to work here with a museum collections background and it's A LOT to work with. <br></div><div><div><br></div><div>We have two spaces in mind for this set up - one is a simple drywall area which I am not sure if it will be load bearing enough. Actually, I am pretty sure it won't be. The other is a concrete block wall, which will more likely be the spot being it can support much more weight. Right now it stores a lot of shipping material we use for the other program at our facility (The National Eagle Repository), however we are moving to different shipping materials that won't take up as much space, freeing up this wall for mounts/display. I attached pictures of each space below to give you all an idea. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Elisa<br><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Thomas Labedz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tlabedz1@unl.edu" target="_blank">tlabedz1@unl.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">At Nebraska we had the same sort of situation. In the long past the shoulder mounts, etc. were neatly piled where ever they fit. Later a room was remodeled with
metal mesh on the walls and mounts were hung with “S” hooks. I found this very difficult when wanting to move a specimen or get one down for examination, etc. And I was noticing some pretty severe damage to the skull specimens hanging that way. After the most
recent remodel about 10 year ago I used commercial kitchen rolling shelves (see four attached photos). These are chrome steel with adjustable shelves. Each shelf is 2’ x 6’ but I’ve linked them to be 4’ x 6’ units. Each is 7’8” high. The chrome shelf is lined
with ethafoam and heads, etc. sit on the foam. The room has a 12’ ceiling so the top shelf can hold large specimens. If nothing extends beyond the boundary of the shelf unit the units can be rolled into a compact formation similar to a compactor unit. This
allows me to hold more specimens in the room than if they were hanging on the walls and have easier access to them for work. The commercial shelving was not overly expensive and available locally. Just an idea that might help with some of your specimens.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thomas Labedz, Collections Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nhcoll-l <<a href="mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.<wbr>yale.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dahlberg, Elisa<span class=""><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 9, 2018 4:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">Nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Wall Mount ideas<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking for a way to hang several taxidermy head/shoulder mounts (big cat, moose, elk, rhino...) on a wall to free up some space in our collection. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas on the best and most cost effective way to
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have seen several examples in collection spaces ranging from Delta brand mounts to simple chain link type fencing (for example...something like the picture attached from the Yale folks - how you have the big cat mounts in the back of
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