Museum Storage

We know your stuff is priceless.

Museums help us understand and appreciate the dynamic nature of our cultural, political and economic landscape. They are the keepers of important artifacts, stewards of art and archives and play a critical role in educating communities about history and how it shapes our current world and future progress. All this involves collecting, cataloging, storing, displaying and conserving a lot of stuff.

If there is ever a museum dedicated to storage solutions, these solutions are sure to be in there:

High-Density Moveable Storage can protect your collection and makes the most of your space
Vertical, floor- or ceiling-mounted Art Rack systems for framed art storage
Compact shelving or Wide-Span Shelving for artifacts of all shapes and sizes
Museum Cabinets for collections conservation, display or do both
Flat Files to store posters, paintings, maps, documents and so much more

Learn more about museum storage

Museum staff need to keep stuff efficiently organized so that it remains accessible to curators, researchers, patrons and the rest of the community. But the collection also needs to be preserved and protected. Patterson Pope Museum Shelving meets those challenges while also helping museum administrators navigate space and budget constraints (because what museum doesn’t have those, right?)

Textiles or tiger heads, submarine hatches or snake skulls, comics or costumes, torpedoes or paintings, Patterson Pope has experience customizing solutions for all these and more. We’re in our sixth decade helping institutions as varied as The Kentucky Derby Museum, the World of Coca-Cola Museum and the Cincinnati Art Museum address museum storage challenges. Talk with our experts today to learn how we can help your timeless collections stay that way.

The future of museum storage – where every exhibit space is a canvas for creativity, every archive is a safeguard of history, and every display is a showcase of precision.

Museum Storage | Patterson Pope Applications

A long history of storage

Preservation is key when it comes to museum collections. And as collections grow, space and access need to be considered too. The proper museum shelving solution helps ensure that our history doesn’t become a forgotten part of our past. Explore the applications below to learn more.

Select an application:

Framed Art Storage

Museum Cabinets

Archive/Rare Book Storage

Artifact Storage

Flat Files

Textile Storage

Special Collections Storage

Framed Art Storage

At some point, there just aren’t enough walls. That’s why we provide the full suite of storage racks to protect your framed art. With Floor-mounted, ceiling mounted, free-standing art rack systems, we have what you need to keep you collection organized and well preserved.

Art Racks and Cabinets for Museum Storage

Framed Art Stored on High-Density Mobile Art Racks

Framed Art Work Hung on Wall-Mounted Screens

High-Density Moveable Art Storage Racks

High-Density Sliding Mobile Art Racks

Mobile Art Storage Racks Store and Protect Collections

Museum Archival Art Storage Racks

Pull-out Compact Art Rack Storage Solution

Museum Cabinets

If it belongs in a museum, it belongs in a proper cabinet. We offer everything you need to store anything you might have for archive storage, conservation storage, geology storage, botany and herbology storage, entomology storage and more.

Compact Museum Cabinets and Museum Cart

Counter Height and In-Wall Museum Cabinets Storing Meteorites

Geology Storage and Display Museum Cabinets

Museum Cabinets and High-Density Mobile Shelving

Museum Cabinets Provides Preservation for Collections

Ornithological Collections Stored in Museum Cabinets

Secure Museum Cabinets with Glass Doors

Under-counter Museum Cabinets with Casters

Archive/Rare Book Storage

The pieces you don’t show in your collection are as a valuable as what you display to the public. High-density museum shelving can help you protect your collection and make the most of your space. Click here for more information about museum archive storage.

Archival Collections Stored on 4-Post Shelving

Case-Type Shelving Storing Rare Books

Climate Controlled Archives Stored on Moveable Shelving

Electrical Powered Compact Shelving Storing Archival Material

Museum Archival Storage in Museum Cabinets and Compact Shelving

Museum Archives Stored in 4-Post Shelving

Powered High-Density Mobile Shelving Storing Rare Books

Rare Books and Archives Stored on Movable Shelving

Artifact Storage

If it is in your collection, we’ve got a shelf to put it on or a cabinet to put it in. Seriously, ship hulls, submarine hatches, dinosaur bones, gargoyles -- whatever you’ve got, we’re up to the challenge of helping you keep it organized and preserved.

ActivRAC Mobile Shelving Storing Museum Artifacts

Antique Furniture Collection Stored on Antique Furniture Collection Stored on Wide-Span Shelving

Artifacts and Textiles Stored on Cantilever Shelving

Artifacts Stored on Compact Shelving with Cantilever Rack

Compact Shelving Storing Museum Artifacts

Fossil Artifacts Stored in Museum Cabinets with Drawers

Mechanical-Assist Movable Shelving Storing Museum Artifacts

Museum Cabinets for Geological Artifacts Storage

Flat Files

“Flat files?” said our Marketing Director, “Do you think we can jazz that name up a little bit? I mean they’re built with extra rigid construction and stainless-steel tracks and rollers. Real smooth drawers. Trouble-free operation. Nothing flat or dull about them. They’re awesome. They literally belong in a museum.”

Well, he’s not wrong. He’s just a little crazy. So if you talk to him, please ask him about our Jazzy files.

Art Preserved in Glass-Top Flat File Cabinets

Art Stored in Flat Trays on Shelving

Counter-height Flat File Cabinets Provide Display Space

Flat File Cabinets Enclosed in a Wall

Maps and Archival Materials Stored in Flat Files

Museum Storage in Flat File Cabinets and Compact Shelving

Museum Collections Stored in Flat File Cabinets and Compact Shelving

Protect Prints and Art in Flat File Cabinets

Vertical Flat File Art Display Cabinets

Textile Storage

A piece of a vest from a Civil War soldier. A tapestry from an Eastern European castle. The collected robes of a long-forgotten royal, whatever it is, we have the perfect textile rack, shelving and cabinet to keep it perfectly preserved.

4-Post Shelving with Hanging Rods and Cantilever Textile Rack

Compact Storage for Garments and Textiles

Flags and Textiles Stored on Cantilever Shelving

Garments and Textiles Stored in Museum Cabinets

Mechanical-Assist Mobile Shelving Storing Flags and Textiles

Mobile Shelving and Racks Storing Garments and Textiles

Textiles from Civil War Era Stored on Cantilever Rack

Textile Rack Storage for Museums

Special Collections Storage

Special collections present special storage problems. But whatever storage problem you face, we’ve implemented solutions that have kept it safe, organized and perfectly preserved – even in climate-controlled spaces.