Established in Chicago in 1990, Methods & Materials, Inc. is dedicated to fine art rigging, assembly, installation, re-location, and de-installation of large-scale objects, and to the careful handling of valuable artifacts. Our expertise and experience, along with our complete design, fabrication, and storage facilities, ensures that Methods & Materials will customize a safe, efficient, and economical solution specific to the needs of our clients. Read more.
NEWS (updated 12/15/08) The second half of 2008 was a very busy time for Methods & Materials.A selection of the highlights of the projects we completed include the installation of a
Tom Otterness sculpture at the Ulrich Museum of Art,
Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas; the installation of over 100 floating elements by Rob Fisher Sculpture at the New Indianapolis Airport Terminal; the stabilization phase restoration of a 1890s reproduction of
a Viking Ship for the Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley, Geneva, Illinois;
and the installation of large-scale whale skeletons
and models for the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC – the first stop on a national tour of the exhibition Whales: Tohara developed and
presented by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.Read more.
