AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN OUT COLLECTING PIECES FROM THE ROADSIDE, OR WHEREVER YOU FIND STUFF, AND YOU HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF EVERYTHING COLLECTED. ( IF YOU WISH AND YOU HAVE GOOGLE EARTH ON YOUR COMPUTER YOU MAY ALSO MAP YOUR FINDS BY PUTTING A MAP PIN IN THE LOCATION)
A MUSEUM BOX USUALLY IS AN ARCHIVAL AFFAIR, USING ACID FREE CARDBOARD AND WITH NO GLUE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION. YOU MAY FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE OR IF ACID FREE MATERIALS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE, USE CARD THAT HAS BEEN RECYCLED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO MAKE A TEMPLATE, USING SCRAP CARD /OR YOU MIGHT UNDO A BOX THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AND FLATTEN IT OUT TO GET YOUR TEMPLATE, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO REINFORCE THE EDGES OF THIS TEMPLATE WITH TAPE; USE GUMMED PAPER TAPE OR PRE-GLUED CANVAS TAPE FOR THIS, AS YOU WILL BE USING THE TEMPLATE TO DRAW AROUND TO MAKE MANY SAME SIZE BOXES FOR YOUR ART WORKS.

WHEN YOU HAVE DRAWN AROUND THE TEMPLATE AND CUT OUT YOUR CARD , USING A METAL RULER INDENT LINES ALONG THE PLACES WHERE THE CARD MUST BE BENT, AND THEN CAREFULLY BEND AROUND THE EDGE OF THE RULER. THE TABS THAT ARE USED TO HOLD THE BOX IN SHAPE MUST BE STAPLED IN PLACE USING BRONZE STAPLES.

I HAVE BEEN USING OLD / UNWANTED WOODEN ENTOMYLOGICAL DISPLAY BOXES AND YOU COULD ALSO USE WOODEN BOXES IF YOU CAN SOURCE OLD ONES.
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