Museum Standard Storage

As the area’s fastest-growing art storage and handling company, we can build facilities to meet the specific needs of our clients and our collection-care ethic. All our facilities use proprietary HVAC, building management, and artwork tracking systems to provide superior environmental controls and real-time visibility into artwork movement. Our facilities are also designed to support racking and other storage strategies that put the long-term safety of works in our care first. Our services include viewing, photography, and private inspection facilities to meet our clients’ collection-management objectives. As leaders in providing specialized storage in the Bay Area, we have operated a “cool” storage room (50 degrees F / 50% relative humidity) since 2017 as well as a laboratory/museum-quality cold storage chamber (40 degrees F / 40% relative humidity) with three-stage acclimatization and attached cool workroom. In addition to offering climate controlled and unconditioned options, we are the only art storage and services company in the San Francisco Bay Area to offer cool and cold storage.

Climate-Controlled

Our climate-controlled storage encompasses a combined total of 197,000 cubic feet in our throughout our warehouse facilities. We use sophisticated, modern technology in accordance with museum standard storage conditions to always ensure the safety of our your property. 

• Temperature maintained at 70 degrees F (+/- 5 degrees)
• Relative humidity levels maintained at 50% (+/- 5%), optimized for long-term preservation
• Pre-action sprinkler system to provide fire safety without risk of water damage from system failures
• Motion-sensor lighting to ensure spaces are only lit when people are present
• Ceilings and exterior walls waterproofed and retrofitted for extra protection
• 24/7 environmental monitoring with remote alerting and response
• Earthquake security tie-offs for all applicable rack faces

Cool Storage

Our state-of-the-art cool storage is optimized for long term storage of analog or digital media.

Features include:

• Temperature maintained at 50 degrees (+/- 2)
• Relative humidity levels maintained at 50% (+/- 2.5%)
• 24/7 environmental monitoring with remote alerting and response

Cold Storage

Our museum/laboratory-quality cold storage chamber was custom built by one of the nation’s leading cold storage experts. This space is optimized for housing long-term photograph/film collections.

Features include:

• Temperature maintained at 40 degrees F (+/-1 degree)
• Relative humidity levels maintained at 40% (+/- 1%)
• Dual redundant climate controls system
• Additional 60 degree F, 40% relative humidity archive and inspection room within our climate-controlled environment
• Allows for three-stage acclimation for works entering and exiting
• 24/7 environmental monitoring with remote alerting and response

Unconditioned

Our unconditioned storage encompasses more than 34,000 cubic feet in our warehouses and is available for items that do not require temperature controls. We recommend unconditioned storage for empty crates, pedestals, outdoor sculptures, etc.

Private Viewing Rooms

Minnesota Street Project Art Services offers two private viewing rooms located on the Minnesota Street Project contemporary art campus for easy booking and staffing.

Viewing Room 1150 is a sleek white-box style gallery space (26’ x 26’), featuring hardwood floors and contemporary furnishings, with 15-foot- high walls. The viewing room’s exhibition area is perfect for displaying artworks in a minimally designed setting. Viewing Room 1150 includes an adjoining space (approx. 12’ x 12’) that is ideal for showcasing smaller-scale works of art. Viewing Room walls are level-5 painted drywall backed with ½-inch plywood.

Viewing Room 1405 is a spacious contemporary white-box style gallery space (24’ x 23’ 4”), featuring unfinished concrete floors and 13-foot-high walls. This newer space offers the same level of quality and versatility as our 1150 Viewing Room but offers clients more rigorous environmental controls, and the ability to accommodate larger flat and sculptural works of art. Viewing Room walls are level-5 painted drywall backed with ½ inch plywood.

Viewing Rooms can be used for appraisals, events, client viewings, artwork inspections, photography, conservation, exhibitions, or a host of other needs. Upon request, our team can be scheduled for preparation, installation, and lighting of artwork in the space using the rooms’ flexible lighting systems.

For more information or to book a Viewing Room, please contact: ViewingRooms@minnesotastreetproject.com.

Facilities + Security

We operate a state-of-the-art, secure, and client-friendly facility, all in accordance with museum standards and TSA requirements.

Overall highlights of our facilities and security program include:

• Integrated building management controls that facilitate system maintenance and provide for immediate, 24/7 response to environmental or security issues
• Continuous video surveillance of building interior and exterior and all areas of storage, including motion intrusion alarms throughout; multiple nightly security patrols
• Tightly controlled and monitored fob and key card access to the warehouse and secure storage areas
• Comprehensive fire protection and sprinklers
• Seismically safe buildings; earthquake security tie-offs for all applicable rack faces
• Criminal background checks performed on all new hires, rigorous TSA compliance certification for all employees with access into storage areas
• 19-foot roll-up doors and large indoor truck bays allowing for safe and private load-ins and load-outs
• Strict adherence to ensuring against potential contaminants (hazardous materials, mildews, etc.) in climate-controlled storage
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) monitoring in all buildings
• Automated inventory and tracking system with anonymized barcodes for added client protection