Royal Ontario Museum Storage

Royal Ontario Museum Storage

MODERN MUSEUM STORAGE PROTECTS AND DISPLAYS MINERALOGY COLLECTION

The ROM recently received a very generous donation of a one-of-a-kind mineral and ore collection from exploratory geologist Douglas Kirwin. The Kirwin Collection is an astounding assortment of 21,000 specimens weighing in at 10 tonnes.

However, before the ROM was able to accept the collection, they had to significantly update and increase their storage capacity at the museum. So they reached out to the experts at Spacesaver Solutions for help. Working with the ROM, our experts designed a modern storage area that would house, protect, and display the museum’s mineralogy collection.

SPECIALLY DESIGNED CABINETS, SHELVING, AND WORKTABLES

The storage solution consists of high density carriage system with custom designed steel museum cabinets, heavy-duty shelving for oversized and bulky items, and worktables. The design also includes specially designed cabinets with glass doors and lighting to create “visible storage”.

MOVING TONNES OF MINERALS WITH THE TURN OF A HANDLE

The high density systems allow ROM staff to move literally tonnes of minerals with a simple turn of the handle. Each cabinet is filled with up to 50 pull out trays which are designed to hold up to 70lbs each.

VISIBLE STORAGE IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SYSTEM

The highlight of the system is the “visible storage” units designed with full glass doors and LED back lighting. These units provide the opportunity for staff to share the collection with students and visitors without having to handle the collection. These cabinets are part of the teaching lab where different groups come to learn about and research mineralogy.

THE LARGEST SINGLE ACQUISITION IN THE ROM’S EARTH SCIENCE’S HISTORY

The Kirwin Collection acquisition is the largest single acquisition in the ROM’s Earth Science’s history. The timing is significant too, the collection came in our centennial year, a time where we are not only reflecting on the past, but looking forward to the next 100 years. Integrating our new collection in with our existing collections in museum cabinets installed by Spacesaver Solutions has been integral to this project and will protect our Earth Science collection into the next century

- Kim Tait

Teck Endowed Chair of Mineralogy

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Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Archives Storage

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Archives Storage

ARCHIVES STORAGE WITH ROOM TO GROW

The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada supports 1000 churches across the country with its headquarters located in Mississauga. It is approaching its 100th anniversary in 2019, and with that anniversary, comes 100 years of archives.

When PAOC wanted to expand and upgrade their archives Rev. Jim Craig knew they would need a lot of archives storage in a small footprint, with room to grow so he contacted the experts at Spacesaver Solutions. Our storage experts worked with Jim to design two areas designated for storage. One area for accounting records, and the other area for the archives.

ARCHIVES PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO DISCOVER

The archive is a well-lit room kept under lock and key. The entire space is climate controlled to ensure the large collection of paper documents, video tapes, audio cassettes, 16mm films, photographs, glass slides, CDs, DVDs, and more are all reserved for future generations to discover.

MAXIMIZING VERTICAL SPACE WITH HIGH DENSITY STORAGE

Several mechanical assist high density storage systems line the length of the archive room with each carriage nine levels high to maximize the vertical space. The shelves are also quite deep, exposing very little of the cases – only the ends of each box are exposed. This helps to protect the boxes in case the sprinkler system goes off. The less of the box exposed, the less likely anything inside will be damaged.

A SYSTEM THAT WILL GROW WITH THE ARCHIVES

The other archives storage area holds the accounting records. The space was designed with a large mechanical assist mobile system. Each accounting record is neatly boxed away and shelved on the mammoth system. Jim is thrilled with the new mobile system and sees more carriages being added in the future with the possibility of retrofitting the area with climate control systems and converting it into a second archives.

AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP

We continue to work with Jim and PAOC in an ongoing partnership to ensure that all the dates, names, and events are stored away safely.

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Toronto Art Centre Storage

Toronto Art Centre Storage

ART CENTRE STORAGE OVERHAUL FOR GROWING COLLECTION

An art centre in Toronto had a collection space that was a combination of inefficient art racking and fixed shelving that didn’t meet their needs due to a dramatic increase in collection size over the years. Because of the lack of space, material was stored in the aisle spaces making it difficult to retrieve and add to the collection.

MAXIMIZING COLLECTION STORAGE

The art centre wanted to maximize collection storage space and create a permanent storage location for all of their items. They also wanted to create more usable space for crating and staging. So they reached out to the storage experts at Spacesaver Solutions for help.

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE

Our team designed a solution for the art centre storage combining a variety of systems. It includes a mechanical assist high density storage system for 3D objects, high density lateral art racks to hang all of the art, and museum storage and display cabinets. Rousseau oversize shelving was installed to store furniture, a powder coated steel subfloor system to protect everything and an oversized plan file to store large items.

MODERN STORAGE EQUIPMENT CREATES AN ORGANIZED COLLECTION SPACE

The new storage solution consists of 1,674 components weighing over 31,000lbs that were delivered through a small side doorway and down one level of stairs into the space.

The team at the art centre is extremely happy with their modern storage equipment and highly efficient and organized collection space. We were able to increase their open space for staging and crating collection pieces and create a useful teaching area.

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