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Dear Joanne, Jules, (and all) These display stands are constructed from scaffolding tube held together with ‘kee klamp’ or ‘tubeclamp’ connectors (other brands are also available) and so are quick and easy and relatively cheap to put together. Smaller diameter tube can also be joined with similar fittings to make a physically and visually lighter frame. Making bases for them is pretty straightforwards too - I’d use slabs of laser-cut steel as its fairly cheap, and being dense makes for a compact foot. The bases would be best powder coated. The tube and fittings are normally hot-dip galvanized, so start off silvery and weather to a kind of slightly powdery mid grey colour, but the tube and fittings can also be powder coated over the galvanising which means you could have them in pretty much any RAL colour you like. Putting these things together would be quite easy for someone like me, who has an engineering workshop and regularly works with laser cutters and powder-coaters, to do. Finally, Jules, I sent you an e-mail about this privately, but your gmail account seems to have blocked it, if you’re interested in further information about these frames please can you e-mail me off-list. Best Regards Richard. Richard Ellam L M Interactive Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff [log in to unmask] www.lminteractive.co.uk > On 11 Feb 2020, at 08:59, Joanne McKenna <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Jules > > It’s a fab idea! > They look like the banners that are usually tied on railings sides of buildings as advertising. Maybe a print company who makes them would be able to advise on the stands? > > Let us know if you have any success, it could be useful in wet and windy Northumberland! > > Best wishes > Joanne > > From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Jules Kensett Wooding > Sent: 10 February 2020 16:07 > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: External Display Systems > > > Hi All > > I hope you can help with your most wonderful advice! > We are looking at purchasing some external display systems to be able to display copies of photographs from our collections in a banner-style format outside the Museum in an external display. I would like to take all the credit for the idea but have seen similar ideas on the continent (when we were still part of the EU…LOL) and wanted to replicate the idea here in windy and wet Cumbria. > I wonder if any other Museums have purchased/used something similar and if anyone out there in GEM-land could offer me advice on where I may be able to purchase something as per the photograph attached? The ones we require need to be self-standing with feet and safety blocks but essentially the same format as the photograph. > > <image001.png> > > Hope you can help! > > Jules > > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Anyone can join for free at any time by sending this message to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>: Join GEM Firstname Secondname Include only the text above, without email signature etc. The title of the email doesn’t matter. Send it to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> If you are going on holiday or have an out of office message for some other reason, you can send this message: Set GEM nomail When you get back: Set GEM mail You don’t 'miss' any messages by doing this as they are all available via main GEM list web page as above. 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