[Nhcoll-l] Advice for large collections move (EU)

Tue Jan 17 04:49:13 EST 2023

Hi Bethany,

I hope is not too late but I managed to miss this conversation.
During my years at NMS, I have been doing more than 20 moves of the collections.
In our last move, from the museum in Chambers street to our collection centre, we used
Constantine’s company: http://www.constantinemoving.com/

Some advice:
Put the weight of the boxes on the outside labels.
Pack the collection as if it was going to be packed forever (temporarily sometimes goes longer than you expected, and the materials used can deteriorate).
Take photos of the specimens before putting them in the box and put a photo outside of the box with all the specimens included.
Keep good records of all the movements of the collection.

Hope this will be of any help.

Vicen

Ms. Vicen Carrió ACR
Geological Conservator/ Preparator
National Museums Scotland
National Museums Collection Centre
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Edinburgh EH5 1JA
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Mobile number +44 07931727386
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Richard Rabeler
Sent: 26 October 2022 17:01
To: Anderson, Gretchen <AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org>
Cc: Bethany Palumbo <bethanypalumbo at gmail.com>; SPNHC <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Advice for large collections move (EU)

Gretchen:

I was going to recommend another old article that Tim White and I wrote in 2003 for the SPNHC Newsletter<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fspnhc.org%2fresources%2fseptember-2003-newsletter%2f&c=E,1,gI-myu5MojrldobipPTP2htNucWGow3WIQpiubYSsI4ctT9RQyVNjewPj4zKdNXx_FEbvxXKYpUckF8tzS3o3XutyOogT0tJOJYPZC1gLfJYe_c,&typo=1> about our "moving experiences"....

Sincerely,

Rich Rabeler,
Research Scientist Emeritus
EEB-Herbarium
University of Michigan

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 11:38 AM Anderson, Gretchen <AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org<mailto:AndersonG at carnegiemnh.org>> wrote:
Thank you Dirk!  You beat me too it.
Bethany, While Moving the Mountain is now 20 years old (how did that happen???), it is still very applicable to a move – of any size.  Rob mentioned the course in Museum Study https://www.museumstudy.com/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.museumstudy.com%2f&c=E,1,V59NrKn-fDOu3CzNu0gTsTBThUAqAM8O78-ix1sECeOA8xjneLzn05pAnXXv7X4hbfUuqISIR5uNdLqs1fZOr7jUS1zrrkQZhGmMvjl83EISmz-hKddhTYm2bMA,&typo=1>.  Lori Benson teaches it, and the other course(s) about materials and storage are taught by Rebecca Newberry.
When we originally planned the Science Museum move we built in as much sustainability and reuse as we could, but were unfortunately not able to put it into practice as much as we wanted to. That was an administrative decision.  I would be more than happy to talk to more about what we planned at that time. Just let me know.
Gretchen

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Advice for large collections move (EU)

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Hi Bethany,

there is this very nice publication "Moving the Mountain<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.smm.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fpublic%2fattachments%2fmoving-the-museum.pdf&c=E,1,fpSeZ-XXMoQB3P90eavI_5vPpheGVqNI4AXlof1bBUqiHNUIJrq4QMzbq_ePIrp40EYjfBcoFupaCbwTRpRQ1aA4tJRTCN0Cqf9vmsy8VO-_Z6qwOT88Ce38ugPj&typo=1>", featuring some very nice and dear colleagues on page 9 which some us know very well.

This might be useful, there is an own chapter on packging.

With best wishes
Dirk

Am 26.10.2022 um 14:33 schrieb Bethany Palumbo:
Hi all,

I am looking for advice for our upcoming move to a new site. Has anyone undertaken a big museum move in recent years and could advise on 1. packing materials (what to use but with sustainability in mind) and 2. European suppliers for potentially 'renting' boxes and crates so we don't have to buy new?

Any advice and guidance would be really appreciated!

All the best,
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Bethany Palumbo, ACR
Head of Conservation Unit

Statens Naturhistoriske Museum
Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København

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