ABOUT
About US |
GUARDIAN preserves and protects the assets of our clients.
Our services include storage, packing and crating, transportation, framing, conservation, installation, collection management, appraisals, and more. Our new facility in the Chicago-Milwaukee metropolitan region uses state-of-the-art technologies including a high level UL certified security system, a dry-pipe fire suppression system, 100% LED lighting, standby battery, and emergency electrical generation. The three essential features of GUARDIAN are:
All of this makes GUARDIAN one of the most highly effective art storage facilities in North America, as well as one of the most economic. |
our Mission |
Our mission is to protect and preserve the assets of our institutional, corporate, and private clients.
Our services include transportation, storage, installation, and management, where each can be stand alone or integrated depending on the needs of the client. Above all, we respect the confidence and privacy of our clients. |
our Vision |
In collaboration with others, we will be known as an institution that continually improves preservation practices, based on efficacy and efficiency. We will do this for our clients and our community.
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BUILDING HISTORY |
The 1635 building was constructed in 1924 by the Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company. Located in the Menomonee Valley, this building was a smaller version of the company’s headquarter building located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company manufactured plumbing, heating, and cooling parts and over time merged with other companies. The building was eventually sold to Geuder, Paeschke & Frey, a tinware manufacturer, who operated several buildings in the Menomonee Valley. In recent years, the building was used for storage. It was purchased in 2015 by John Shannon to be the site of GUARDIAN.
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OUR TEAM
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ADMINISTRATION
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General Manager | John Shannon
Chief Financial Officer | Patrick Mattern
Curator | Laura Sims Peck
Registrar | Katie L. Steffan
Senior Technician | Robert Sieger
Art Handler | Nicholas Pipho
Art Handler | Serena J. Stuettgen
Facility Manager | John Voith
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