Gander & White is the trusted partner for museums and institutions, guaranteeing the utmost care for nations’ most precious art and artefacts and collections. Our comprehensive suite of services includes international air and sea freight, temperature-controlled warehouse storage, and museum-grade packing. Our expertise spans art installation, exhibition management, and project coordination, and we ensure seamless operations by complying with UK and US Indemnity standards. We arrange and oversee the international shipping of museum objects and works of art, coordinating couriers and facilitating their transfer through customs with time-sensitive clearance. We also offer clients tailored insurance options, dedicated art specification vehicles for UK and European transport, and facilities like viewing rooms and a conservation studio for environmental monitoring and reporting.
Crate Fabrication
We offer a broad range of solutions to protect art in transit and provide crate designs for exceptional objects. All materials comply with current ISPM 15 standards.
UK and European Road Transport
Our fleet of art specification vehicles, equipped with climate control, air ride suspension and tail lifts are fully alarmed and tracked by satellite technology. Museum couriers can be accommodated on board. We provide dedicated vehicle services and regular consolidated road transport throughout the UK and Europe.
Art Installation Services
Gander & White’s Art Installer Technicians have the skills and experience to handle and install diverse artworks competently and professionally.
Temperature and Humidity Controlled High-Security Warehouses
Our warehouses are custom-designed for the storage of museum cultural items and fine art with 24-hour surveillance and state-of-the-art fire and security systems. We provide international museum standards of temperature and humidity control, with environmental monitoring and reporting.
Viewing Room and Conservation Studio
Our flagship art facilities offer our clients a private gallery-style viewing room which can be utilised for photography, installation and display layouts. We also have a separate studio which can be used for conservation treatment.
Environmental
We can provide clients with environmental impact data to aid calculation of the carbon footprint of individual projects.
Insurance
We have undertaken exhibition transport, collection storage and art installation for many leading museums and galleries worldwide. Our appointment to the Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Framework Agreements demonstrates our compliance with the highest museum practices.
We advise clients on museum practice and international registration standards and handle all aspects of exhibition management including packing, air and sea freight, customs procedures, airport supervision and installation. Our skilled technical teams operate a fleet of specialist vehicles in the UK and Europe, offering collections and deliveries to Government Indemnity Standards.
We can arrange all risk transit insurance for artworks that we have packed and shipped through our network of fine art agents. Insurance for artworks in storage at our facilities is also possible.
