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NO
3 – 2007
HIGHEST STANDARDS IN FINE ART SHIPPING
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CHOOSING
THE COURIER |
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Once
it has been decided that a Courier is required to accompany an object
the next question is who will be the Courier?
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For reasons of condition, knowledge of the treatment
the work may have undergone, specialist knowledge of how it should
be handled during unpacking and installation etc. the Courier should
be either a Conservator or Technician.
If the object requires only “regular” knowledge of Museum
packing, handling, transport and installation techniques, then a member
of the Collection Management team or someone else from the museum
staff with knowledge of Museum policies may represent the Museum as
Courier. Curators and Collections Management staff are trained in
handling objects and in normal circumstances no-one else should handle
them if a Courier is sent. In some instances the Courier may be someone
not employed by the Museum.
NO JOY-RIDE
The decision making process should be relatively quick and transparent
- if there are any questions you should always be able to say why
a certain decision was taken. These are work trips and usually involve
a lot of hanging around in uncomfortable warehouses and such, but
somehow a trip to exotic destinations is always seen as a joy ride
to those left at home!
These trips can sometimes certainly be a ’perk’ in an
otherwise relatively poorly resourced profession, but they can be
expensive to the institutions involved and they shouldn’t be
abused.
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