The Science Museum will move around 300,000 items into their new sustainable storage system

The London museum has announced a new contract, expected to be worth around €1.5m, with Dutch company Bruynzeel.

The space-saving storage company, which was founded in 1953, will create the Science Museum’s latest sustainable storage system, itself spanning at least 27,000m².

Bruynzeel have previously supplied storage solutions for museums such as the Van Gogh Museum, the Louvre, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Now, following the British government’s decision to repurpose the previous storage building, in excess of 300,000 items will be relocated to the National Collection Centre in Swindon, which has been equipped by Bruynzeel.

According to the Dutch storage company, their vision is to provide sustainable storage solutions that work towards a greener planet.

As such, they state that most of the energy used to run the Science Museum’s new depot will be generated by solar power.

Bruynzeel claims their sustainable storage solutions reduce the carbon footprint of the storage industry: their use of un-oiled and non-galvanised steel, for instance, is said to decrease their carbon footprint by up to 2% per kilogram of steel used by the company each year.

The Science Museum’s new building will open to public and academic visits in 2024.