Traveling Exhibitions Question

[McKissick Museum]

Dear SETEG members,

A question for those of us who have hosted traveling exhibitions from
other institutions: Who oversees the condition reporting for the
items for an incoming traveling exhibition? Is it your registrar? Do
you have a dedicated person who just handles traveling exhibitions?
Your Exhibition Curator? Your Collections Curator? Your Director?
Also, is it a team effort amongst the staff, or do select staff work
on the condition reporting? Do you have students involved in the
process?

Would love to hear everyone's experiences!

Nathan Stalvey
McKissick Museum
SETEG Founder

PS: A welcome to our newest member, Dinah Houghtaling, from the
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center!



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[Jill Chancey]

Our Registrar oversees condition reporting. She handles most of it
herself, unless it's a big show, then she will ask me for assistance
as needed. Our collections department is just the registrar and
myself (curator). Sometimes she will train an intern to do condition
reporting if the timing is right and the intern has proved detail-
oriented and responsible enough to trust with it.

Jill Chancey, PhD
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art


On May 6, 11:36 am, McKissick Museum <mckissick.mus...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Dinah Houghtaling]

Please add our program to your listing. We offer several traveling
exhibits with a variety of subject matter, size, and cost for small to
mid-size museums and libraries. Our exhibits travel throughout the
United States and internationally.

Charles M. Schulz Museum & Research Center
Dinah Houghtaling, Traveling Exhibits Manager
707-579-4452 x287
Di...@schulzmuseum.org
http://www.schulzmuseum.org/exhibits-travelprogram.html
Santa Rosa, CA

Thank you!

[Peter Koch]

In general terms its a team effort and this sometimes includes students.
However, the Exhibit/ Collections curator (the only one we have) is ultimately responsible for the condition reporting.

Peter Koch
Education Associate
Mountain Heritage Center
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 227-7129


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[Jon Riggins]

Hey guys!
Jon Riggins from Children's Museum of the Upstate here I thought I would pick everyone's brain for something. Recently I've been having trouble finding the appropriate help for moving out travelling exhibits that visit our museum. I used to use Carey Moving, but was overcharged on a week which made my CEO none too pleased and some of the previous help the museum has had in the past isn't up to par either (this was before I started this job here.) can anyone recommend an affordable and effective moving help for us?
THANKS!
JON RIGGINS
TCMU EXHIBIT MAINTENANCE
864-630-2921
864-553-7913
jrig...@tcmgreenvillesc.org

[Dawn M. Gillespie]

I am the staff person dedicated to our traveling exhibits program. I do coordinate with the registrar and director of changing exhibits when initially bringing in an exhibition or converting an exhibition curated in house into a traveling exhibition.

However, I am responsible for the condition reports as well as all loan agreements. I have had interns assist with the condition reports and the registrar has assisted as well for exhibitions where the items are quite large and/or heavy. I think it is a great learning experience for students to help with the condition reporting. We also have the interns enter the reports in our Past Perfect database.

Dawn Gillespie
Curatorial Assistant
Holocaust Museum Houston



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[Peter Koch]

I don't know their prices but Charlotte Moving Company, the Mayflower operation in town, is a regular at THE NCMC and SCFM conferences.
They claim to be very museum and exhibit friendly and thus might be helpful.
http://www.charvan.com/
Peter

Peter Koch
Education Associate
Mountain Heritage Center
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
(828) 227-7129
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Subject: Travelling Exhibit Moving Help

[Mary Anna Murphy]

I have used stage hands for some of the heavy lifting part of exhibit
moving. See if you have a local stage hands union group. Usually
there's a collective of local art handlers who are sometimes employed
full time, but can take vacation time to move exhibits.
Or, since you're in the south, Mallory Alexander out of Memphis has
the ability to assemble a great crew and take care of the
transportation logistics for you as well. LeRoy Pettyjohn
901-370-4234 is the contact person.
Best of luck!
Mary Anna
Mary Anna Murphy
Mary...@mamexhibitdesign.com
www.mamexhibitdesign.com
727-204-3617

[Powley, Jeff]

Yes, we use them all the time. Frank Watson is great. He is the owner
and usually attends all the SCFM meetings.

fwa...@mail.charvan.com

Jeff Powley
Traveling Exhibits Manager
South Carolina State Museum

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