Specialist Museum & Art Storage
Preserve Your Collection and Maximise Space with Specialist Storage Solutions from Moduflex
We recognise the challenges faced by curators, as collections expand and storage space becomes a premium. With a keen understanding of the specific conditions needed to preserve your collection, our solutions incorporate industry best practices while increasing storage space.
Tailored storage is essential to ensure the preservation of your collection. At Moduflex, we design, manufacture, and install systems to suit the requirements of your museum or art gallery.
Mobile Shelving
Where space is limited or unusual, high-density Mobile Shelving can be used to increase archival storage space in museums.
Our highly experienced team can help you design a system to suit the available space, even if it’s limited. All we need is capacity & loading specifications to ensure that your solution meets your exact requirements.
Picture Racking
Picture racking is a popular way for art galleries and museums to store valuable artwork, textiles and artefacts. Collections can be stored for display with pull out sections for reduced handling. The modular design means it can be easily expanded in line with your collection.
We supply a range of systems depending on your storage requirements. Each installation is designed to suit the items to be stored, and the space that they will occupy.
Read our Andipa London Art Gallery picture racking case study
Tailored Storage Solutions
We are always happy to work with you to find a suitable solution where you have specific requirements or conditions.
Moduflex designed the mobile storage system pictured right to suit the curator’s existing wooden trays, previously stored in wooden cabinets that had deteriorated. The system was designed to house existing trays, but storage capacity was increased for new trays to be added as the collection grows.
Unique or Fragile Items
We have completed a number of projects in museums where storage is required for valuable stock and artefacts. Due to size, shape, frailty, or other factors, a bespoke storage area may be the only option for your museum.
We have created custom solutions that consider the unique nature of the items being stored. Each system is manufactured to specifically suit the unique conditions of the collection.
We have created specialist museum storage for; weapons, fine art, historical artefacts, sports memorabilia, animal bones, insects, stuffed animals, maps, public records, precious stones, and pottery.
Large or Heavy Duty Items
Moduflex has created storage systems of all sizes and weights. We can use your existing shelving with our versatile mobile bases or create an entirely new shelving system with varying compartment sizes.
If your collection is heavy duty we also manufacture industrial strength mobile bases that support long-span shelving.
Getting the Conditions Right
The key to storing art and artefacts safely is creating an environment where the temperature, light and humidity can be controlled.
Temperature & Airflow
In specialist warehouses, it is necessary to regulate the temperature and humidity of the air in the building to ensure artefacts stay in peak condition. Shelving with perforated walls or drawers is an ideal solution that we offer that allows regulated airflow, prevents build-up of pollutants, and controls temperature.
Humidity
Humidity levels need to be controlled to prevent mold growth, corrosion, and degradation of organic materials. The recommended RH for most artefacts is between 40% and 60%. However, metal sculptures require lower humidity, as low as 35% to prevent oxidisation, while paper and manuscripts require around 55% humidity to avoid the growth of mould.
If installing air conditioning, don’t forget this process also dries the air and changes the humidity, therefore close monitoring is crucial.
Light
Limited exposure to light, especially UV light, is crucial as it can cause fading and damage to artifacts. Use low-intensity, non-UV light sources when necessary, and implement light schedules to minimise exposure.
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Systems are designed and manufactured in the UK, conforming to ISO 9001 and ISO 45001. We also operate an environmental management system that complies with ISO 14001.