[Nhcoll-l] Wall Mount ideas

[Thomas Labedz]

Elisa
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.
Thomas Labedz, Collections Manager
Division of Botany and Division of Zoology
University of Nebraska State Museum
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Dahlberg, Elisa
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 4:04 PM
To: Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Wall Mount ideas

Hello all,

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 do this?

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 the picture).

We would love any suggestions on what has worked for your collections!

Best,
Elisa
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