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Enjoy some archive ASMR with Getty mountmakers rehousing a papier-mâché dress by artist Fabiola Jean-Louis featured in her artwork "Marie Antoinette is Dead."
September 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Excited how this turned out #mountmakersofbluesky #mountmakers
A pack of cards, a vintage RCA radio and a box with chess pieces
June 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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My favorite mounts of our new exhibit. #mountmakers #mountmakersofbsky
A pistol and a powder horn on brass mounts in a museum case
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Getty mountmaker Nick Clemens recounts the extensive effort to devise a custom solution, synthesizing years of intense collaboration with partners in Greece, high-tech tools, and traditional mountmaking practices.

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The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown | Getty News
How mountmakers prepared this delicate headpiece for its Getty Villa debut.
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April 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Brass mount Brass mount holding ancestral puebloan effigy vessel
June 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Artifact of the day! #mountmakersofbluesky #mountmakersofbsky #mountmakers
Ancestral Puebloan Basket
Brass mount for basket Ancestral Puebloan basket on a brass mount
June 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Artifact of the day
Flint rifle used at Bunker Hill #mountmakers #mountmakersofbsky #mountmakersofbluesky
A flint rifle on a wall Close up of the writing on the butt of a rifle that says “Revolutionary Flint - Used at Bunker Hill
July 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Enjoy some archive ASMR with Getty mountmakers rehousing a papier-mâché dress by artist Fabiola Jean-Louis featured in her artwork "Marie Antoinette is Dead."
September 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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It's always the people who actually handle daily operations who seem to get the chop in these situations. So, are the curators now FOH, mountmakers, registration, marketing? Good luck with that.

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March 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Working of faux finishing today #mountmakers #mountmakersofbsky
An ancestral Puebloan effigy vessel on a white primed brass mount being painted to match the color of the vessel
July 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Artifact of the day! Part deux
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Flintlock pistol
Brass mount for flintlock pistol Brass mount with flintlock pistol
June 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Artifacts of the day!
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A sega genesis with sonic 2 in front of a sega genesis controller. To the right of that is a PlayStation in front of a PlayStation controller. To the right of that is a Nintendo 64 on front of a Nintendo 64 controller.
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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White Nike Air shoes worn by Jay Z on brass artifact mounts.
November 12, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Same. There’s a bunch of mountmakers whose work I miss seeing, and some friends photos but that’s about it.
June 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Artifacts of the day! Ancestral Puebloan pottery #mountmakersofbluesky #mountmakersofbsky #mountmakers
Brass mount for ceramic pot Ancestral Puebloan vessel on a brass mount Brass mount for ceramics Ancestral Puebloan ladle on a brass mount
June 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Sounds like someone is ready for the International Mountmakers’ Forum on instagram
Taylor Swift red carpet meme. Text is “Me showing Taylor Swift my pliers collection” Meme of Apple in 1976, Apple in 2020, Google in 1998, google in 2020. The last pair of images is captioned Museum database in 1994, museum database in 2024, with identical screenshots of an ancient database entry. King of the hill meme: “You know what’s not cool Bobby? Trusting database measurements “
May 7, 2024 at 12:14 AM
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Artifact of the day.

Mark McGwire Bat

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Mark McGwire bat in museum mount. Words on the bat: center “Rawlings Adirondack” and “Big Stick” “Mark McGwire” “Oakland A’s” Business end of Mark McGwire bat with the words “Big Stick”, “Mark McGwire”, “Oakland A’s”
November 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Artifact of the day! Kodak Bantam
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Kodak Bantam Brass mount
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Hmmm King Gizz at Red Rocks or the International Mountmakers conference?
January 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Artifact of the day - Spy Camera - A model like this was used to try to photograph the execution of the United Flight 629 bomber. #mountmakers #mountmakersofbsky
March 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown | Getty News
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The Secrets to Displaying a 3,600-Year-Old Crown | Getty News
How mountmakers prepared this delicate headpiece for its Getty Villa debut.
www.getty.edu
April 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Join C2C Care for a webinar on mountmaking on 6/24! You'll learn:
- the role of mountmaking in protecting objects
- planning safe & effective mounts
- when & how to customize
- contracting with mountmakers
- workflows from object selection to installation
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June 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM