Museum archive shelving is essential to any museum’s storage and preservation infrastructure. These archives are often irreplaceable and irrevocable sources of historical and cultural knowledge. 

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Museum Archive Shelving for Museums

The proper storage of archives is paramount. Museum archive shelving systems provide the necessary support to keep these precious materials safe while allowing for easy access by researchers and curators. Selecting a museum archive shelving system that is well-suited to your institution’s specific needs is essential. Southwest Solutions Group offers several types of storage needs to meet the various requirements of museums. See our museum storage products online at StoreMoreStore.

Benefits of Museum Archive Shelving

  • Protect archives from agents of deterioration – The primary responsibility of museum archive shelving is to preserve historical collections and protect them from agents of deterioration. These deteriorating agents include dust, light, insects, rodents, water, and fire. Adjustable steel shelving designed for acid-free lignin boxes will help protect archives from being damaged by deterioration agents.
  • Storage Flexibility – The secondary responsibility is to safely store archives in less floor space to maximize the operating efficiency of the Museum. Museum archives contain vast collections of records, documents, books, photographs, manuscripts, and other historical materials. These items require flexibility to maintain all the different archives’ sizes and shapes.
  • Reduction in Overhead Cost – Maintaining temperature-controlled rooms is costly. Museums often are looking for ways to reduce costs, and one option they are considering is mobile archive shelving. Mobile archive shelving is a system where the shelves move on tracks to easily access the items on the shelves. The advantage of this system is that it would allow the Museum to reduce the number of temperature-controlled storage rooms. The mobile archive shelving would also be less expensive than the current storage rooms. 

Museum archive shelving is available on GSA contracts, various state contracts, Sourcewell, and OMNIA.

Check out the featured articles to learn more about our museum archive shelving. If you have any questions or want to speak with a storage specialist, call us at 1-800-803-1083 or send us a message.

Museum Archive Shelving for Museums

The proper storage of archives is paramount. Museum archive shelving systems provide the necessary support to keep these precious materials safe while allowing for easy access by researchers and curators. Selecting a museum archive shelving system that is well-suited to your institution’s specific needs is essential. Southwest Solutions Group offers several types of storage needs to meet the various requirements of museums. See our museum storage products online at StoreMoreStore.

Benefits of Museum Archive Shelving

  • Protect archives from agents of deterioration – The primary responsibility of museum archive shelving is to preserve historical collections and protect them from agents of deterioration. These deteriorating agents include dust, light, insects, rodents, water, and fire. Adjustable steel shelving designed for acid-free lignin boxes will help protect archives from being damaged by deterioration agents.
  • Storage Flexibility – The secondary responsibility is to safely store archives in less floor space to maximize the operating efficiency of the Museum. Museum archives contain vast collections of records, documents, books, photographs, manuscripts, and other historical materials. These items require flexibility to maintain all the different archives’ sizes and shapes.
  • Reduction in Overhead Cost – Maintaining temperature-controlled rooms is costly. Museums often are looking for ways to reduce costs, and one option they are considering is mobile archive shelving. Mobile archive shelving is a system where the shelves move on tracks to easily access the items on the shelves. The advantage of this system is that it would allow the Museum to reduce the number of temperature-controlled storage rooms. The mobile archive shelving would also be less expensive than the current storage rooms. 

Museum archive shelving is available on GSA contracts, various state contracts, Sourcewell, and OMNIA.

Check out the featured articles to learn more about our museum archive shelving. If you have any questions or want to speak with a storage specialist, call us at 1-800-803-1083 or send us a message.

Museum Archive Shelving for Museums

The proper storage of archives is paramount. Museum archive shelving systems provide the necessary support to keep these precious materials safe while allowing for easy access by researchers and curators. Selecting a museum archive shelving system that is well-suited to your institution’s specific needs is essential. Southwest Solutions Group offers several types of storage needs to meet the various requirements of museums. See our museum storage products online at StoreMoreStore.

Benefits of Museum Archive Shelving

  • Protect archives from agents of deterioration – The primary responsibility of museum archive shelving is to preserve historical collections and protect them from agents of deterioration. These deteriorating agents include dust, light, insects, rodents, water, and fire. Adjustable steel shelving designed for acid-free lignin boxes will help protect archives from being damaged by deterioration agents.
  • Storage Flexibility – The secondary responsibility is to safely store archives in less floor space to maximize the operating efficiency of the Museum. Museum archives contain vast collections of records, documents, books, photographs, manuscripts, and other historical materials. These items require flexibility to maintain all the different archives’ sizes and shapes.
  • Reduction in Overhead Cost – Maintaining temperature-controlled rooms is costly. Museums often are looking for ways to reduce costs, and one option they are considering is mobile archive shelving. Mobile archive shelving is a system where the shelves move on tracks to easily access the items on the shelves. The advantage of this system is that it would allow the Museum to reduce the number of temperature-controlled storage rooms. The mobile archive shelving would also be less expensive than the current storage rooms. 

Museum archive shelving is available on GSA contracts, various state contracts, Sourcewell, and OMNIA.

Check out the featured articles to learn more about our museum archive shelving. If you have any questions or want to speak with a storage specialist, call us at 1-800-803-1083 or send us a message.

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