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Aloha,

I am a curator of a small archaeological curation facility at a military base on the Big Island of Hawaii. My curation facility is being moved to a conex (shipping container). It's to be provided to me climate controlled, and I'm looking for examples on how to best utilize the space. Does anyone know of any good examples of shipping containers converted to curation facilities or have any first hand experience with this?  Thank you for your help!

Mahalo,

Megan

Curation Specialist

Mtkeller@hawaii.edu

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Megan Keller
Curation Specialist
Research Corp. University of Hawaii
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No, but there is a small cottage industry for re-purposing shipping container containers for homes and home additions.  Google "shipping containers homes".  I don't see why a container could not be re-purposed for a specific museum need.  You would have to define the requirements and specifications for your Curation Facility so the fabricator can re-purpose the container.

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George Grigonis
Collections Manager
Mütter Museum - College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Philadelphia PA
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