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https://flic.kr/p/2iVb4PT | Creating bespoke storage for framed cloth with very friable backing | Solution: cushion support under object; support around side; hinged cardboard supports for framed Mylar cover so does not compress backing, (corners cut to avoid suction damage); tissue against backing shiny smooth side down to prevent catching and to pad out gently. Happy! Will be able to be carefully flipped to individually see both side once Ive made a lid. Collection Manager, Museum Collection, Memorial Museum, Auckland, Mylar, Hinges, Stuff To Do, Bespoke, Cardboard
Creating bespoke storage for framed cloth with very friable backing
https://flic.kr/p/2iVb4PT | Creating bespoke storage for framed cloth with very friable backing | Solution: cushion support under object; support around side; hinged cardboard supports for framed Mylar cover so does not compress backing, (corners cut to avoid suction damage); tissue against backing shiny smooth side down to prevent catching and to pad out gently. Happy! Will be able to be carefully flipped to individually see both side once Ive made a lid.
https://flic.kr/p/26cQZA6 | WW1 Shell nose cap (which I’ve had certified safe!) with the #Eley cartridge box it was kept in. Ypres, Merchant Navy, Military Personnel, Keep On, Ww1, Cartridges, Certified, Shells
WW1 Shell nose cap (which I’ve had certified safe!) with the #Eley cartridge box it was kept in. Part of an acquisition of WW1 & post war Merchant Navy artefacts that belonged to 17179 Gunner Eric Milton DENBY. NZ Field Artillery, 16th Reinfmnts 1NZEF
https://flic.kr/p/26cQZA6 | WW1 Shell nose cap (which I’ve had certified safe!) with the #Eley cartridge box it was kept in.
https://flic.kr/p/24QQpak | Labelling lead shrapnel balls can be challenging! #museummoment #collectionmanagement #WWI Wwi, Balls, Lead, Management, Challenges
Labelling lead shrapnel balls can be challenging! #museummoment #collectionmanagement #WWI
https://flic.kr/p/24QQpak | Labelling lead shrapnel balls can be challenging! #museummoment #collectionmanagement #WWI
https://flic.kr/p/GdLfMH | We have seriously cool emergency bins :o) China Cabinet, Bins, Seriously, Home Decor, Decoration Home, Chinese Cabinet, Room Decor, Home Interior Design
We have seriously cool emergency bins :o)
https://flic.kr/p/GdLfMH | We have seriously cool emergency bins :o)
https://flic.kr/p/25A5VWk | Gorgeous c1920s Easter egg container | hinged egg-shaped container with paper hinge and string carry handles on each half, exterior features glued image and sewn border, interior is paper-lined in white with gold fleur-de-lis pattern and includes edging of paper lace on one half  Museum no.: 2015.51.64 Paper Lace, Easter Eggs, Coin Purse, Border, Container, Half
Gorgeous c1920s Easter egg container
https://flic.kr/p/25A5VWk | Gorgeous c1920s Easter egg container | hinged egg-shaped container with paper hinge and string carry handles on each half, exterior features glued image and sewn border, interior is paper-lined in white with gold fleur-de-lis pattern and includes edging of paper lace on one half Museum no.: 2015.51.64
https://flic.kr/p/25H5c1E | 1851 Great Exhibition boxed set of medals presented to New Zealand.  Presented to Governor George Grey acting on behalf of the Colony of New Zealand George Gray, George Eliot, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Henry Cole, Prince Albert, Lewis Carroll, Crystal Palace
1851 Great Exhibition boxed set of medals presented to New Zealand. Presented to Governor George Grey acting on behalf of the Colony of New Zealand
https://flic.kr/p/25H5c1E | 1851 Great Exhibition boxed set of medals presented to New Zealand. Presented to Governor George Grey acting on behalf of the Colony of New Zealand
https://flic.kr/p/G9dQRH | The three legged chair. Photography time.  c118 years old. #museummoment #CollectionManagement Chair Photography, Year Old, Museum, In This Moment, Olds, Life, One Year Old, Age
The three legged chair. Photography time. c118 years old. #museummoment #CollectionManagement
https://flic.kr/p/G9dQRH | The three legged chair. Photography time. c118 years old. #museummoment #CollectionManagement
https://flic.kr/p/24qeuHs | Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2 Parachute, Pow, New Zealand, British, Embroidered, Silk, Silk Sarees
Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2
https://flic.kr/p/24qeuHs | Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2
https://flic.kr/p/24qeuHs | Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2
Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2
https://flic.kr/p/24qeuHs | Embroidered and handwritten signatures on souvenired parachute silk of British ex-POWs who recuperated in New Zealand at the end of WW2
https://flic.kr/p/FJnUev | Coming to the end of the doll collection acquisition. Just the cots & prams left #museummoment #collectionmanagement Cots, Prams, Bassinet, Wicker, Left, Chair
Coming to the end of the doll collection acquisition. Just the cots & prams left #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/FJnUev | Coming to the end of the doll collection acquisition. Just the cots & prams left #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/24gUNdy | 14 boxes of dollies nearly complete it’s on to the dolls cots and prams. #museummoment #collectionmanagement Dollies, Bed, Furniture
14 boxes of dollies nearly complete it’s on to the dolls cots and prams. #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/24gUNdy | 14 boxes of dollies nearly complete it’s on to the dolls cots and prams. #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/Hfqq5b | Toy #memento - 1953 Coronation coach. We have another in our collection which I included in a topic page a couple of years back. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/topics/long-live-our-noble-queen #museummoment #collectionmanagement Long Live, Topics, Coach, Collections, Toy, Queen, Discover
Toy #memento - 1953 Coronation coach. We have another in our collection which I included in a topic page a couple of years back. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/topics/long-live-our-noble-queen #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/Hfqq5b | Toy #memento - 1953 Coronation coach. We have another in our collection which I included in a topic page a couple of years back. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/topics/long-live-our-noble-queen #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/22CuA97 | “Get to your corner!”  Metal money box styled on HMV dog Nipper #museummoment #collectionmanagement Money Box, Corner, Dogs, Metal, Animals
“Get to your corner!” Metal money box styled on HMV dog Nipper #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/22CuA97 | “Get to your corner!” Metal money box styled on HMV dog Nipper #museummoment #collectionmanagement
https://flic.kr/p/259vDqb | From this to that... Getting there!! Nearly all labelled, then on to photography for the database and our collections online. #museummoment #collectionmanagement #dollcollection | From this to that... Getting there!! Only 3 dolls and a box containing tea set, brushes, toy coronation coach remain to be labelled, along with the cots and prams. Then on to photography for our database and collections online ... no small feat with this lot. Database, Tea Set, Brushes, Labels
From this to that... Getting there!! Nearly all labelled, then on to photography for the database and our collections online. #museummoment #collectionmanagement #dollcollection
https://flic.kr/p/259vDqb | From this to that... Getting there!! Nearly all labelled, then on to photography for the database and our collections online. #museummoment #collectionmanagement #dollcollection | From this to that... Getting there!! Only 3 dolls and a box containing tea set, brushes, toy coronation coach remain to be labelled, along with the cots and prams. Then on to photography for our database and collections online ... no small feat with this lot.
https://flic.kr/p/248pUso | The issues of plastics and synthetics in Museum collections. Many of the dolls I’m working on in this collection will be going in to cool storage to slow down further deterioration. This one has hair snapping off as she is moved. #museummoment #collection Snaps, Slow, Crown Jewelry, Dolls, Storage
The issues of plastics and synthetics in Museum collections. Many of the dolls I’m working on in this collection will be going in to cool storage to slow down further deterioration. This one has hair snapping off as she is moved. #museummoment #collection
https://flic.kr/p/248pUso | The issues of plastics and synthetics in Museum collections. Many of the dolls I’m working on in this collection will be going in to cool storage to slow down further deterioration. This one has hair snapping off as she is moved. #museummoment #collection