12 Facts About Momart

1.

Momart is a British company specialising in the storage, transportation, and installation of works of art.

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2.

Momart's clients include the Royal Academy of Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery, Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Buckingham Palace.

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3.

On 5 March 2008 Momart was taken over by Falkland Islands Holdings for £10.

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4.

Momart began in 1971 as the "Jim Moyes's Compendium of Working Possibilities", with its founder, himself an artist, offering installation, display, handling, transport and framing services to up an coming artists and emergent galleries in London.

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5.

In 1985, Momart commissioned the UK's first fine art vehicle with temperature control and air ride suspension and carried out its first museum job on behalf of the Royal Academy - a Henry Moore exhibition.

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Momart was by then able to undertake all of the transport handling requirements completely in-house, including making site visits to the individual lenders where required, case making, transport of the empty cases to the lenders, pack on site and delivery of the case loan to the borrower.

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From 1988 Momart expanded the services to include the international movement of artworks on behalf of both commercial and museum clients overseas.

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8.

In 2003 Momart invested in new premises in Leyton, with a new plant and equipment and room for expansion.

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9.

In 2008 Momart was acquired by Falkland Islands Holdings, an international services group that owns services businesses focused on transport and logistics.

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10.

In 2011, Momart was certified as an Authorised Economic Operator, enabling the company to simplify customs bureaucracy and speed up passage within the EU for their clients.

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11.

In 2016 Momart expanded its storage facilities in Leyton, East London, with a new purpose-built unit providing additional 2,500 square metres of specialist art storage space.

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12.

Since then Momart collaborated on this project with many of the top British and international artists.

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