[Nhcoll-l] Planning for a Fluid Collection Move

[Makayla Dean]

Hi all,

The Cincinnati Museum Center is gearing up to move our collections to a new facility in the next few years, and we're in the planning stages right now. We have around 15,000 standard size jars ranging from 4 ounces to 1 gallon, as well as small vials, 2-5 gallon jars and buckets, and steel tanks. Our new facility is located about 2 miles away from our current building and the move route is only city surface streets.

We're interviewing movers right now and quotes to move the fluid collection have been all over the board in terms of materials, labor estimates, and overall costs, as well as what DOT and EHS regulations and permits pertain to our move.

If anyone has recently moved a fluid collection, please share your experiences or get in touch to talk about specifics. We've watched the Florida Museum move talks given at this year's meeting, and value hearing from any collection in the US.

Best,
Makayla


Makayla Dean | they/them

Manager, Zoology Collections & DNA Lab

Cincinnati Museum Center

1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203
MDean at cincymuseum

(513) 287-7000 ext 7307

cincymuseum.org
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