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Plan for complex handling, inspection, climate and regulatory requirements.
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Professional confidence starts with the right decision.
Practical guidance, tools and expert knowledge for protecting, packing and shipping fine art and specialist objects.
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Protect artwork
Assess vulnerabilities, contact risks and the complete packing system.
Explore the guide ↗Reduce damage
Identify credible failure modes before choosing materials or pack formats.
Explore the guide ↗04Choose packaging
Match the object, journey and risk to a considered material system.
Explore the guide ↗Understand regulations
Navigate packaging legislation, export requirements and evolving standards.
More coming soonTrain my team
Build repeatable packing knowledge and more confident handling practices.
More coming soonFind sustainable options
Reduce waste while preserving the protective performance the artwork demands.
Explore the guide ↗08Solve a packing problem
Start with the object and work through the decision that is holding you back.
Ask Westmount ↗Featured guides
Our most useful guidance for making high-confidence protection decisions.
The library is growing—these are the first two complete guides.
Technical guide · 12 min read
The Fine Art Packing Decision Guide
A practical framework for assessing the object, journey and failure modes before specifying materials.
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Technical guide · 10 min read
Sustainable Art Shipping
How to reduce packaging waste without increasing damage risk.
Read the guide ↗The Complete Guide to Packing Paintings
More specialist guidance is being developed for the Protection Hub.
The Museum Crating Handbook
More specialist guidance is being developed for the Protection Hub.
The Packaging Materials Encyclopedia
More specialist guidance is being developed for the Protection Hub.
Popular tools
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Interactive tools will help you turn complex requirements into clearer, repeatable packing decisions.
Packaging Calculator
Estimate material quantities and pack requirements.
Tool coming soonMaterial Selector
Compare materials by protective role and limitation.
Tool coming soonRisk Assessment
Build a structured view of object and journey risk.
Tool coming soonClimate Risk Checker
Review humidity, temperature and condensation exposure.
Tool coming soonPacking Checklist Generator
Create a repeatable checklist for your shipment.
Tool coming soonPackaging Decision Tree
Work through seven critical packing decisions.
Use the decision tree ↗Latest research
What is changing—and what it means.
This section will bring together legislation, standards, case studies and specialist industry reports. Research content is coming soon.
PPWR legislation and art shipping
Research coming soonNew museum packing standards
Research coming soonSpecialist shipment case studies
Research coming soonFine art packaging industry reports
Research coming soonVideo learning
See professional decisions in action.
Focused 2–8 minute learning films are in production. They will demonstrate methods, materials and the judgement behind effective protection.
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01 · Practical learning
Assessing an artwork before packing
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02 · Practical learning
Building a layered protection system
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03 · Practical learning
Reducing packaging waste safely
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