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THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE

Proper wrapping, packing and crating is the first line of defense for a work of art. SRI creates tailored packing solutions for works of art and their unique circumstances.

A significant benefit to working with SRI is our in-house crate shop, which ensures that works of art remain in our knowledgeable, secure, climate controlled care throughout the crating process.  We offer a full suite of custom crating services from museum crates to travel frames.  All of our closed crates are suitable for multiple shipments and long-term storage.

Full in-house crate shop

Types of crates

  • Museum quality, reusable exhibition crates designed for traveling exhibitions and long-term storage
  • Standard, reusable crates designed for travel and long-term storage
  • Basic one-way crates suited for domestic and international shipping
  • Slatted crates and travel frames to secure artworks during transit

Materials

  • We use forest sustainable Arauco plywood and OSB (oriented stand board) certified by the Sustainable Forest Initiative
  • Full 1” EPS insulation
  • Efoam and ufoam strips
  • Doublewalled cardboard
  • Laminated AC plywood skids
  • Folding metal handles
  • Archival wrapping
  • Virgin plastic