Museum textile storage plays a vital role in preserving valuable artifacts. However, finding the proper storage solution that fits your needs and budget can be complex. That’s where Southwest Solutions Group comes in. We offer various textile storage options to meet your storage requirements and budget.
Textile Storage for Museums
Textiles come in several forms, including rolled textiles, hanging garments, and delicate textiles that are best stored flat. Museum textile storage racks, shelves, cabinets, and drawers provide a safe and controlled environment for storing textile artifacts. No matter what type of textile you are storing will determine how to best protect them from dust, sunlight, insects, water, and other environmental hazards. Below is information on the different categories of textile storage. These products are mobile-ready and will mount onto moveable compact storage systems in the future.
Hanging Storage – Hanging garments, uniforms, costumes, wardrobes, and clothing is the best way to store some artifacts. These metal shelving units with garment rods can be open shelving, partially closed shelving, or have doors added to protect clothing wardrobes further from damaging light, insects, and other threats.
Rolled Storage – Museum Rolled Storage is an effective way to store historical rugs, carpets, tapestries, quilts, and fabrics. This type of storage prevents creasing and folding, damaging the textile and affecting its appearance. Museum Rolled Storage also helps to protect the material from insects, dust, and other contaminants. When properly stored, a fabric will retain its shape and color.
Flat Storage – Museum Flat Storage is a great way to store historical flags, gloves, and other valuable and delicate textiles in acid-free boxes, shelving drawers, or flat file cabinets.
Benefits of Museum Textile Storage
All of our textile storage equipment uphold the following features and benefits.
- Adjustable – Museum Textile Storage racks and cabinets are adjustable to best accommodate the museum’s needs. They consist of sturdy materials that protect the textiles from pests and dust. The adjustable racks and cabinets fit any space and come in various sizes to best suit the museum’s needs.
- Mobile-Ready – Our storage equipment is mobile-ready for installation on compact high-density storage systems should you need to save space as your museum grows.
- Durable – Museum textile storage equipment has a durable powder-coated paint finish that meets the archival and museum quality standards with no off-gassing to protect your artifact collection.
- Quality – Extra care is taken to deburr racks and round corner edges to protect from snags and punctures that could damage the textiles. These materials help prevent fabric damage by providing a smooth surface resistant to snagging and abrasion.
- Purchasing Contracts – Museum textile storage equipment is available on GSA contracts, various state contracts, Sourcewell, and OMNIA.
Check out the featured articles to learn more about our museum textile storage solutions. If you have any questions or want to speak with a storage specialist, call us at (800) 803-1083 or send us a message today.
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Museum Testimonials
“I want to thank your entire team for the outstanding work on our art storage project. The process from beginning to end was smooth and enjoyable, and the finished room looks terrific! Chester, Bryan, Chris, Chris, and the other members were extremely thorough and a pleasure to work with. They followed our house rules and took our direction very well. Thanks again for an outstanding project, and I look forward to working with Southwest Solutions in the future should the opportunity arise. ”
“The new art racks are massive and beautiful! I cannot wait to hang art on the racks with those fancy hooks, wow! Thank you for helping me see the project through. The efforts of your team and installation really made the project go very smoothly and on time. We look forward to showing off the new and improved art storage room to our Director, Board Members, and Staff. Thanks a million, it has been a pleasure to work with you and your wonderful team on our paintings storage area.”
“I would like to thank you and your team at Southwest Solutions Group for working with the museum so diligently over the years. I also want to thank you personally for your patience, professionalism and great attitude as we’ve navigated the sometimes bumpy road to completing the Blanton Phase I and Phase II. Southwest Solutions Group will certainly be at the very top of my list for any future museum storage needs.”
“Southwest Solutions Group is an amazing company made so much better by having Daryl at the helm of Museum and Library storage space saving designs in the NW. Daryl is not only an expert in high density shelving systems, but he consistently tunes into optimizing long term solutions to complex storage needs and pliable projects. Always reliable and knowledgeable, Daryl and his Spacesaver’s team have been indispensable partners in our world of cultural preservation.”
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