I have used FedEx for all archival shipping with great success. Art Services International of Houston, Texas was mentioned in a prior message. It is a art packing company. When I need to ship bronze relief portraits, I take art work or artifacts to Art Services International to have wooden crates built. I leave a FedEx form with them and then notify FedEx to pick up the items.
This system has worked beautifully each time when I have had to ship artifacts that have been on loan for exhibits. Unfortunately, we do not have sufficient funding for me to accompany the artifacts or bronze portraits to their destinations. FedEx has an excellent tracking system.
However, if I had an artifact that is categorized as a 'national treasure,' it would be a different matter. I would still use an art shipping company to package fragile items for shipping, but I would accompany the artifact(s) to the destination.
Cathleen Baird
Cathleen Baird, M.A., Director &
Archivist
Hospitality
Industry Archives
229
C.N. Hilton Hotel & College St., UH
Houston, TX 77204-3028
Tel: 713.743.2470
Fax: 713.743.2581 E-mail: CBaird@uh.edu
The Hospitality
Industry Archives are located on the second floor of the Hilton Hotel & Conrad Hilton College South
Wing. A map to the Hilton
Hotel & College as well as floor plan of the complex are available on the
web at http://www.hrm.uh.edu/cnhc/help/maps/floorplans.asp.