Museum Collection Storage, Displays & Cabinetry
Bradford Systems provides museum storage solutions tailored to specialized collections and preservation needs.
Conserve your collection with museum cabinets and shelving.
Display areas and exhibit shelving are found in every museum, showcasing a wide variety of materials. As exhibits and collections rotate and evolve, museum spaces and displays require flexibility to adapt quickly to new designs.
We offer a wide range of specialty features that address concerns such as security, off-gassing, humidity control, and contamination prevention. From intricate artifacts on display to behind-the-scenes laboratory materials, our experts can assist your museum in the selection of the proper system to keep your facility responsive to changing collections.
- Natural Specimens: This broad category can include biological specimens, insects, and other organisms.
- Fossils: Ancient remains of plants and animals are safely housed in these systems.
- Artwork: Various forms of art, including canvases and sculptures, are preserved in these mobile systems.
- Documents and Paper-Based Collections: Archives, maps, and other historical documents are often stored in flat file systems.
- Geological Samples: This includes rocks, minerals, and other earth materials.
- Textiles: Delicate fabric items, such as uniforms and artwork, can be preserved in custom storage solutions.
- Artifacts: General artifacts like tools and historical objects are also stored using Spacesaver systems.
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Conservation Cabinets
Our museum storage planners have the experience to know that no collection is standard. We will help find the optimal museum storage solutions for your facility and daily processes. We offer Viking metal cabinets from Spacesaver. Their cabinets are designed to protect your collection from dust, water, and other risk of damage to preserve them through time.
These museum cabinets can be mounted on high-density mobile shelving, which optimizes storage space to allow for more collection storage in the same sized space. When mounted on mobile systems, conservation cabinets can help museums increase storage capacity within the same footprint, while preserving organized access for staff, researchers, and visitors. Our museum cabinet storage options are available in many configurations and can be tailored to your organization. Made in the USA, these museum storage cabinets are built to house and protect your collection for years to come.
Flat File Storage
These flat file cabinets are ideal for securing maps, blueprints, and other wide-format items. Drawers are hung on stainless steel tracks with plated rollers to ensure smooth operation day after day for years to come.
If equipped with the optional base, they can be double-stacked to create a counter-height work or storage surface. Optional features include a “showcase” glass top for visible storage to easily display individual works of an art collection, while the WaterShield protects artifacts from being damaged by sprinkler deployment and other water risks. Flat file storage also works great for:
- Prints
- Posters
- Photographs
- Works on paper
- Architectural drawings
- Textiles
- Oversized documents
- Archival materials
High-Density Museum Storage for Growing Collections
A museum collection needs specific storage as it continues to grow. Available storage space often becomes increasingly limited in museum collections, making expansion impractical or cost-prohibitive. High-density mobile storage systems provide a way to significantly increase storage capacity within an existing footprint by allowing cabinets, shelving, flat files, and other storage equipment to be mounted on mobile carriages.
By reducing fixed aisle space and creating access only where needed, museums can store more artifacts, specimens, archival materials, and collection records without sacrificing organization or accessibility. When properly planned, high-density storage also supports preservation goals by maintaining orderly storage environments and improving collection management.
Bradford Systems helps museums evaluate collection growth projections, aisle access requirements, cabinet and shelving dimensions, museum racking, floor loading capacities, staff workflows, and preservation objectives. We help clients to determine whether a high-density mobile storage solution can maximize capacity while avoiding the need for major facility expansion.
Download a Museum Cabinet Guide To See Which Specifications Are Right For Your Collection.
Geology Collections
Ideal for geological collections, we offer cabinets that can be equipped with heavy-gauge steel drawers to accommodate heavy collection samples for decades of use. Visual doors allow viewing of contents, while lift-off hinges allow for easy transfer of contents between cabinets.
Herbarium Collections
Our herbarium cabinets include door hinges that run the full length of the unit to preserve botanical collections and protect them from infestation. Full height models include a reference shelf for viewing specimens inside the cabinet.
Entomology Collections
Precision-crafted cabinets used by the Field Museum, and suitable for all four styles of entomology collection storage – Smithsonian, California Academy, and Cornell drawer styles. Available in counter or full-height models. Full-height model features pull-out work shelves.
Geology Collections
Ideal for geological collections, we offer museum specimen cabinets that can be equipped with heavy-gauge steel drawers to accommodate heavy collection samples for decades of use. Visual doors allow viewing of contents, while lift-off hinges allow for easy transfer of contents between cabinets.
Herbarium Collections
Our herbarium museum cabinets include door hinges that run the full length of the unit to preserve botanical collections and protect them from infestation. Full height models include a reference shelf for viewing specimens inside the cabinet storage areas.
Entomology Collections
Precision-crafted museum cabinets used by the Field Museum, and suitable for all four styles of entomology collection storage – Smithsonian, California Academy, and Cornell drawer styles. Available in counter or full-height models. Full-height model features pull-out work shelves.
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