Archival institutions like museums and libraries invest a lot of time, money, and thought into how they store their objects. While the average person can't afford to fully replicate museum storage solutions for his or her own personal closet or garage, there are concepts that translate from the professional to the personal world. Here are some of the easiest ideas to adapt to daily life.
Museums and libraries prioritize, putting the most resources behind the preservation of their most important irreplaceable artifacts and objects. If you don't have the money, time, or energy to protect all of the items you want to store, which are the most important? Concentrate on protecting the things you have that are truly one of a kind, rather than worrying about all your objects equally.
Keep your most valuable possessions safe by boxing them up with archival quality packing supplies. Acid free paper stock for mats and envelopes will protect your flat goods. UV glass for fine artworks keeps sunlight from corrupting color over time.
Lots of museums change their exhibits frequently. Consider swapping things in and out of your storage area every few months, to get true enjoyment from the objects you have. If you are storing things you don't make use of or don't take pleasure in seeing regularly, it might be time to let some of what you're keeping go, to make space for other things.
Vertical space is efficient, so place shelves floor to ceiling in your closet or garage. Minimize confusion by using clear transparent shelves, bins, and drawers, made of clear plastic or glass so that you can see what you have. Knowing what you've got and where it is follows the best practices of professional archive maintenance.
Refresh your storage space from time to time, questioning whether you really need to keep everything in your collection. Pruning your personal archives and clearing some things out permanently can be freeing. Many decluttering experts suggest a "one in, one out" rule, which means that every time you add a new object to your possessions, you get ride of one existing object to make room for what you're adding. This takes some discipline, but when you get rid of objects you don't need, that means you'll have more space to devote to things you really care about.
Museums don't store or display everything in the world, they only preserve the best and most important items and objects. Follow suit, and apply that same attitude to your own possessions. Before you arrange your stored items by type, era, or size, make sure you've decided to keep only what is valuable to you.
Once you have pruned and organized the objects you are keeping, an index or catalog of what you have stored where is helpful. Museums know where all of their objects are, for easy retrieval. A searchable digital list of what you have and where you're keeping it is easy to create. When you pack up your storage area, just note the contents down in a word processing document as you go.
Museums and libraries prioritize, putting the most resources behind the preservation of their most important irreplaceable artifacts and objects. If you don't have the money, time, or energy to protect all of the items you want to store, which are the most important? Concentrate on protecting the things you have that are truly one of a kind, rather than worrying about all your objects equally.
Keep your most valuable possessions safe by boxing them up with archival quality packing supplies. Acid free paper stock for mats and envelopes will protect your flat goods. UV glass for fine artworks keeps sunlight from corrupting color over time.
Lots of museums change their exhibits frequently. Consider swapping things in and out of your storage area every few months, to get true enjoyment from the objects you have. If you are storing things you don't make use of or don't take pleasure in seeing regularly, it might be time to let some of what you're keeping go, to make space for other things.
Vertical space is efficient, so place shelves floor to ceiling in your closet or garage. Minimize confusion by using clear transparent shelves, bins, and drawers, made of clear plastic or glass so that you can see what you have. Knowing what you've got and where it is follows the best practices of professional archive maintenance.
Refresh your storage space from time to time, questioning whether you really need to keep everything in your collection. Pruning your personal archives and clearing some things out permanently can be freeing. Many decluttering experts suggest a "one in, one out" rule, which means that every time you add a new object to your possessions, you get ride of one existing object to make room for what you're adding. This takes some discipline, but when you get rid of objects you don't need, that means you'll have more space to devote to things you really care about.
Museums don't store or display everything in the world, they only preserve the best and most important items and objects. Follow suit, and apply that same attitude to your own possessions. Before you arrange your stored items by type, era, or size, make sure you've decided to keep only what is valuable to you.
Once you have pruned and organized the objects you are keeping, an index or catalog of what you have stored where is helpful. Museums know where all of their objects are, for easy retrieval. A searchable digital list of what you have and where you're keeping it is easy to create. When you pack up your storage area, just note the contents down in a word processing document as you go.
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