National Services Te Paerangi

1. National Services Te Paerangi National Services Te Paerangi works with museums, galleries, iwi, and related organisations to enhance museum services and support these to become self-sustaining. www.nationalservices.tepapa.govt.nz

2. How we help He Rauemi Resource Guides 0508 freephone helpline

3. Training and professional development Marae based workshops Workshops for museums at regional and national level

4. New Zealand Museums Standards Scheme • Practical and user friendly • Sends good message to funders • Formal review or as a resource • Its free!

5. NZMuseums www.nzmuseums.co.nz • Online collection management system • Marketing tool for your museum • It’s free for up to 200 objects • Wider access for your museum and it’s collection

7. Handling & Packaging Museum Objects A National Services Te Paerangi workshop By Trish Nugent-Lyne

8. Timetable Welcome, introductions and aims Conservation fundamentals Safe handling and moving objects within the museum Morning tea What materials to use for packing and storage and where to get them Considerations for safe packing with examples Lunch Practical packaging including nesting Afternoon tea Practical continued Labelling and identification of packed objects

9. Conservation fundamentals • Packaging is all about preventative conservation • Causes of damage • Light • Temperature and Humidity • Pests including - insects, rodents and mould • Pollutants • Natural disasters • Humans

10. Handling All objects are important. Always keep workstations clean and clear. Always keep working tools, office and cleaning equipment separate from objects. Never allow food, drink or cigarettes near objects or in collection areas at any times. Be especially careful about keeping tāonga Māori out of the staff room or areas where food is eaten or prepared.

11. When moving an object always plan the route ensuring that the pathway there is clear and that the table/shelf/palette/ etc is prepared to receive the object. There should be a suitable amount of space and supports for the object when needed. Never touch an object unless you have the authority or a reason to do so.

13. Wear clean white cotton or latex gloves or have scrupulously clean hands or use acid-free paper corners to lift objects. Stop and think before handling an object. Inspect the object for possible weaknesses before you touch it. Never pick up an object by its handle. Never carry heavy or awkward objects by yourself.

14. Carry one object at a time or use trays/boxes/trolleys.

15. Two hands are better than one. Carry small objects with one hand and support the outside or top with the other hand. • Large and awkward objects should be moved by two people, regardless of the weight involved.

16. Discuss lifting and movement with any other people involved before touching the object and while moving it • Do not hurry when handling objects. • Never carry framed works by the picture wire, the top of the frame or the stretcher. Carry them with one hand beneath and one hand at the side of the frame.

17. Always handle photographic material and unframed prints from the edges or the back. Do not touch the image. • When handling leather or plastic objects do not force them to flex and bend into a different shape. • Don’t forget to record the relocation of moved objects.

18. Handling Natural History Specimens • Always prepare yourself properly in advance. • Wear disposable nitrile (the blue ones) gloves. Dispose of these as soon as you take them off. Never reuse gloves, even after only five minutes. • Wear an approved dust mask and a dustcoat. • Never do any intensive work in a confined place or without adequate ventilation. • Clean dustcoat each week.

20. Packaging materials Woods – i.e. untreated plywood for crates Card boards Plastics Fabrics Papers and tissues Foams

22. Storage Supplies & suppliers DUNLOP FLEXIBLE FOAMS Auckland Beds Division, 686 Rosebank Road, Private Bag 19992, Avondale Ph: 09 820 1610 fax: 09 820 1611 • Plastazote Packaging House 0800 722 566 for Customer Services 0800 722 567 for Sales Enquiries • Cellaire • Bubble wrap • Polystyrene beans Fabri-cell international Ltd. 24 Dalgety Drive, Wiri, Manukau, Auckland, 2104, Ph: 09 269 0924 • Tyvek

23. A.E. Karsten 67 Morrin Rd , Saint Johns , Auckland, 1072 Ph: +64 9 570 4490 • Foams Whitcoulls • Small swing tags Local fabric shop • Unbleached calico • Dacron Port Nicholson Packaging • 33 Fitzherbert St, Petone, LOWER HUTT, PO Box 38-133, Wellington Mail Centre - Ph: 04 568-5018 • Small storage boxes Storage Box • Assorted re-sealable plastic bags

24. Conservation supplies - www.conservationsupplies.co.nz Unit 1, 12 Donnelly Street, Havelock North 4130 Ph: 06 211 3991 Fax: 06 877 8279 • Foam board black/white • Corrugated fluted polypropylene • Corrugated fluted polypropylene ready to assemble textile storage boxes • Multiuse board conservation board 3 and 6 mm • Storage rolls • Archival card • Polypropylene and polyethylene enclosures • Acid free negative enclosures • Acid free tissue • Polypropylene and polyester mounting corners • Archival paper framing tape • Acid free negative envelopes • Linen wetable tape • Double sided tape • Tarnish preventative fabric • Printed acid free labels • Synthetic latex free gloves • Nitrile gloves • Pens and inks • U.V Film / filters

25. Considerations for packing • Optimum protection • Affordable cost • Fragility of the object • Type and composition of object • Risk assessment • Determine the need is it for exhibition, loan, travel or storage

26. What type of materials to use • How much time you have • Prepare • Plan with repacking in mind

27. Make it simple and use common sense If complicated thoroughly document with instructions, diagrams or photos Examine – ensure structurally stable Protect from other objects, materials used and walls of the packing case Use materials that do not abrade, scratch or chemically react with the object Provide adequate shock absorbing material- not too, much not too little Insulation and vapour barriers