Viewable Storage Facility: Storing & Rehousing METC’s Collection

FAIN: PF-287570-22

Museum of Early Trades and Crafts (Madison, NJ 07940-1819)
Deborah Farrar Starker (Project Director: January 2022 to present)

The creation of a viewable storage facility, including the fabrication and installation of high-density cabinets, rehousing the collections, and increasing the museum’s capacity for long-term preservation. 

The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts seeks funding to implement the final phase in the adaption of an onsite viewable storage facility. Funding will support 1) fabrication and installation of high-density museum collection cabinets; 2) support of a professional collections handling company to re-house the museum’s collection into the new facility; 3) increasing capacity for preventative conservation and intellectual control during re-housing; 4) supplies and materials for re-housing. This new facility and the upgraded high-density cabinetry will enable us to be more effective stewards of our humanities collections as we implement conservation measures that are sustainable for the long term. The museum’s 2018 long-term strategic plan includes initiatives to expand the museum and to safely house and preserve the museum’s collection while increasing access to further educational initiatives and dissemination of information for the public.