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Hello Alex,



We are about to enter our second MoMS exhibition tour here in NC. If you
wish, you can call us babies of the bunch in this endeavor. New Harmonies
toured in 2010. We had each of the sites pay a fee towards the shipping of
the crates – pick-up and delivery. The trucking company that we contracted
did a wonderful job and it allowed the Council the comfort of knowing that
our maiden voyage with MoMS had one important loose end covered. Yeah, the
price could be said to be “gut-punching,” but in the long run we were fine
with paying after each delivery. For this iteration of the Journey Stories
exhibition we have each of the sites taking on the responsibility of
pick-up and delivery from the previous site to their location. All except
one of the five have decided to contract with one single trucking company.
I will send in a separate e-mail a scanned copy of the contract we signed
with the trucking company for the 2010 New Harmonies tour.



Good Luck



Darrell D. Stover

Program Director

North Carolina Humanities Council

122 N. Elm St., Suite 601

Greensboro, NC  27401

(336) 334-5723

www.nchumanities.org

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*From:* Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
Of *Jack Shortlidge
*Sent:* Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:20 AM
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Hi Alex,



Our experience with shipping MOMS in Ohio used to be the same as what Ken
said about Montana (which I admire--there's a lot of distance in your
state!).  In short, two staff drove the exhibit crates around to each site
ourselves in a rental truck.



For the last two MOMS tours, though, we have had a gentleman who is a
member of a county historical society who has done the exhibit transport
for us in his own box truck.  His county hosted the Between Fences exhibit
in 2008 and at our first orientation meeting he talked about his interest
in doing the transporting.  We tried him out and everything went fine with
that exhibit tour and with the next one, which was New Harmonies.  He has
also moved another traveling exhibit for us a few times, a photo exhibit
that Council staff designed ourselves.



I know that other states have made other arrangements.  You might talk with
David Morgan in Mississippi if you haven't already.  I believe
their Council uses drivers from a truck driving school associated with a
community college, or something like that.



New Mexico a few years ago had a contact with their state national guard (I
don't know how) and I believe the guardsmen were transporting a MOMS
exhibit between its sites for them (might have been Key Ingredients).



There seem to be lots of solutions to the exhibit transporting issue.  It
depends on who you know, what you want to do yourself, and also what the
MOMS staff will deem okay.



All the best with your search,



Jack



Jack Shortlidge

Senior Program Officer

Ohio Humanities Council

471 E. Broad St., Ste. 1620

Columbus, OH 43215

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*From:* Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
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*Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2012 3:33 PM
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Sorry Alex – we just rented a 35ft Ryder truck and drove it around
ourselves J.



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*From:* Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf
Of *Alex Buell
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2012 2:17 PM
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Hi everyone,



We’re new to MOMS and in the process of courting a local truck driving
school to help move the exhibit from site to site. We’ve never contracted
anyone in this capacity. Does anyone with some similar experience have a
sample contract they might be able to share?



Thanks,



Alex Buell

Program Coordinator

Florida Humanities Council

599 Second Street South

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Phone: (727) 873-2001

Fax: (727) 873-2014

www.flahum.org