Webinar: Environmental Conditions in Shipping Crates During Transit

When: September 4, 2025

Cost: $75

Registration deadline: August 28, 2025

Presenters: Marvin Cummings and Jennifer Jae Gutierrez

Audience: This webinar is designed to expand the knowledge of cultural heritage professionals charged with the duties of collections care, transit & display on sustainable work practices and cost-efficient and environmentally responsible methods of preparing paper-based collection objects in crates while maintaining the highest preservation standards. This webinar will appeal to collections staff responsible for making exhibition and loan decisions regarding the transportation of framed paper-based objects.

Webinar details

Historically, museum objects going out for loan travel by crate. As the cultural heritage profession looks to address sustainability, institutions are re-evaluating all aspects of museum operations, including how to address sustainability in crate design. Currently there is limited data documenting what environmental conditions objects actually experience in museum shipping crates while traveling. This webinar will summarize the results from a 3-year field study monitoring crate performance during travel. It will address the types of risks associated with temperature and relative humidity conditions in crates during travel and will highlight best practices when weighing environmental risk with sustainability.

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