Museum Storage Racks and Cabinets
Part of the mission of a museum, archive, or other special collections center is preserving important cultural, historical, or natural artifacts for research, education, and documentation. Most institutions display only a fraction of their collections, with many more objects in secure storage at any given time. Proper storage must accommodate objects of many shapes, sizes, materials, and conditions while also protecting them from damage and theft.
Storage Systems USA is a leader in vertical and horizontal storage and shelving systems, including high-density mobile shelving solutions. Our storage equipment is used in many industries for short- and long-term storage and is designed to work with various formats and storage requirements.
Safeguarding Your Treasures
Our museum storage solutions are designed for the continuous preservation of artwork, textiles, plant and animal specimens, maps, books, documents, and 3D objects. Choosing storage equipment designed specifically for collections storage and management offers these benefits:
- Climate-Controlled Environments: We offer several storage systems that deliver ease of integration with the climate control systems of a facility to maintain optimal humidity and temperature levels for sensitive collections.
- Light Control Features: Our storage solutions offer UV protective coatings and light-shielding doors to prevent damaging light exposure to light-sensitive collections.
A Spectrum of Storage Solutions
Storage Systems USA offers several types of storage equipment to meet the special needs of museum, archival, natural and botanical history, and art collections. Products and options include:
- High-Density Mobile Shelving: Mobile shelving systems glide on tracks, providing easy access to objects with the turn of a handle. When not in use, the bays of shelves roll smoothly together, preventing unauthorized access and limiting exposure to light and dust. Mobile shelving systems have a smaller footprint than fixed shelving, increasing storage capacity in the same amount of space.
- Art Racks and Picture Hanging Systems: Our racks and hanging systems allow artwork to hang instead of being stored flat or stacked. This space-efficient design holds several paintings or other flat objects on a single rack, which slides easily in and out of a secure rack system.
- Textile and Costume Storage: We offer several types of drawers, deep shelves, and sturdy shelves to hold rolls for textiles, clothing, and boxed objects. Drawers keep contents flat and protected from light while allowing for air circulation.
- Climate-Controlled Cabinets: We offer climate-controlled sealed museum cabinets to provide an environment with humidity and temperature control for highly sensitive collections.
- Specimen and Fossil Storage: Our adjustable, compartmentalized shelving and drawers help museums organize and preserve delicate artifacts, such as botanical specimens and fossils.
Beyond Storage: Enhanced Accessibility and Workflow
In addition to secure storage, our systems help streamline collections management tasks in these ways:
- Customizable Systems: Most of our storage solutions are modular to fit the layout and artifact storage needs of each collection. Configure multiple different units to store flat items, rolls, boxes, hanging items, and more.
- Ergonomic Design: Our storage solutions include easily adjustable shelves, pull-out drawers and vertical racks, and easy-to-operate mobile shelving for personnel comfort and safety.
Storage Solutions From Storage Systems USA
Preserving and securing delicate and irreplaceable collections is a challenge for institutions. Storage Systems USA provides many options for properly storing artwork, 3D objects, textiles, books, specimens, and more. Our customizable, modular systems also enhance workflow and organization.
Contact us to learn more about our solutions for museum, archival, natural history, and other collections today.