Montel: Museum Shelving | Museum Storage | Art Racks

Here are some elements of Montel's mission for museums:

-	Store materials of all shapes and sizes
-	Protect integrity of collections
-	Ensure conservation while offering accessibility
-	Optimize use of space

Montel offers products with features developed exclusively for museums:

-	Electrical and mechanical high-density mobile storage systems (soft start and soft stop, programmable opening and closing, integrated lighting, smooth progressive movement)
-	Cabinets (paint finish without emanation, sealed and removable doors, sliding trays and drawers, mountable on high-density carriages)
-	Textile racks (for all weight and length of rolls)
-	Art racks (vibration absorber, double mesh, easy and smooth movement)

Montel offers safety features which meet high performance criteria:

-	Security for the users
-	Protection of collections
-	Active and passive safety systems
-	Mechanical or electrical automatic locking systems
-	Infrared movement detectors

Montel was the first to design and manufacture high-density mobile storage systems in North America.

Installations signed by Montel are among the most advanced and prestigious space optimization solutions.

Short list of installations:

Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
American Museum of Natural History, New-York, NY
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Territorial Restoration Museum, Little Rock, AR
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Brigham Young University Museum, Provo, UT
Canadian Museum of Nature, Aylmer, QC
Canadian Architectural Center, Montreal, QC
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Center for Jewish History, New York, NY
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Elvehjem Museum of Art in Madison, Madison, WI
Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, IN
Japanese American History Archives, San Francisco, CA
Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Maritime Museum, Monterey, CA
McCord Museum, Montreal, QC
Metropolitain Museum of Art, New-York, NY
Miguasha Museum, Miguasha, QC
Missouri Botanical Garden, St-Louis, MO
Musée de l’Amerique Française, Québec, QC
Musée du Québec, Québec, QC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
National Heritage Board, Singapore
National Museum of the American Indian, Suitland, MD
New York City Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY
New York State Museum, Albany, NY
New York State Office of Parks, Peebles Island, NY
Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA
Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San-Francisco, CA
Stanford Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
The Bill Crosby Museum, Atlanta, GA
The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Utah Museum of Art, Provo, UT
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Yale University for British Art, New Haven, CT
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT