About

Minnesota Street Project Art Services is the San Francisco Bay Area’s most innovative, client-focused, and fastest-growing locally-owned art storage and handling company.

Serving a diverse range of private collectors, galleries, and institutions, our team of professional registrars, art handlers, project managers, and client services staff deliver the most comprehensive art services available for art collectors, galleries, and institutions in Northern California. 

Art comes first at Minnesota Street Project Art Services.


Located in San Francisco, Minnesota Street Project Art Services is an integral part of the contemporary art campus that is also home to Minnesota Street Project, a for-profit enterprise that supports Bay Area arts by providing public spaces for art exhibitions and related programming, and affiliated non-profit Minnesota Street Project Foundation. 100% of Art Services’ profits are used to support the artists, galleries, and institutions that comprise the Minnesota Street Project and Minnesota Street Project Foundation contemporary art campus.

Areas of Excellence

  • Professional and pro-active collection care, art handling, packing, installation, and transportation services
  • Registration of artworks and objects in Artracker, MSP Art Services’ proprietary warehouse management and tracking system
  • Northern California’s only unique cold and cool media-based storage environments
  • Northern California’s best appointed viewing rooms for inspection, display, and photography
  • Regular Shuttle service between the Bay Area, Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest, operated by professional art handlers
  • Extensive programs for emergency preparedness and evacuation of art from client’s homes and businesses
  • In-house and field condition reporting
  • In-house custom crating
  • Digital bills of lading (BOLs) for client access
  • Optional extended liability coverage for art storage, installation, and transportation
  • Coordination of external services, including cross-country and international shipping, framing, and fine art appraisals
  • Access to the best team of arts professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area!

In the Community

Art comes first at Minnesota Street Project Art Services. 100% of our profits are used to support the artists, galleries, and institutions that comprise the Minnesota Street Project and Minnesota Street Project Foundation contemporary arts campus.

Minnesota Street Project Art Services is part of Minnesota Street Project, a for-profit enterprise that supports Bay Area arts by providing public spaces for art exhibitions and related programming. The affiliated non-profit Minnesota Street Project Foundation provides direct support for artists and local arts organizations.

Testimonials

Minnesota Street Project Art Services is committed to bringing value to a client base that is as diversified as the Bay Area itself. From established and emerging collectors, to commercial galleries, institutions, and artists’ estates, we exceed the expectations of our clients with excellent customer service, art-based acumen, and attention to detail for every storage and services job. Whether packing and installing in a residence, museum, or office, transporting in the city or on our monthly Los Angeles shuttle, or rigging a complicated sculpture in a corporate lobby, our team is versed with all types of art mediums.

“We work with Minnesota Street Project Art Services on all matters pertaining to our clients’ collections; shipping, storage and installation. The team is professional and knowledgeable about the special circumstances related to the handling of fine art, and a pleasure to work with.”

ARTSOURCE CONSULTING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

“Art Services’ staff is professional and incredibly responsive to the needs of clients. They go out of their way to assist in any way they can, and if you have a special need, just ask and they can often fulfill it.”

ANGLIM/TRIMBLE GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

“As always, your team was a pleasure to work with on our Contact Warhol exhibition. We couldn’t have done it without you. The Andy Warhol Museum representative said that the crew was the best she had worked with!”

CANTOR ARTS CENTER, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CA

“Hardworking, supremely competent, and good-natured, Minnesota Street Project Art Services has been a delight to work with on projects great and small. It doesn’t get any better.”

TREVOR PAGLEN, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTIST

“Minnesota Street Project Art Services offers full-service art handling and storage with a team of skilled, creative, courteous, and experienced professionals. They’re always a pleasure to work with!”

MCEVOY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Our Team

Minnesota Street Project Art Services’ team of professional registrars, art handlers, project managers, and client services staff deliver the most comprehensive art services available in the Bay Area and beyond. The care and expertise we provide for collections is rooted in our unwavering dedication to the arts, and thoughtful anticipation and customization of care, based on individual client and artwork needs. For more information on career opportunities with Art Services, please click here.