just wanted to say that it looks like a wonderful collection.

otherwise i don't have much experience framing posters that need frequent swapping.

You could use two glass sheets with heavy-duty binder clips.

I say paint your walls with magnetic paint and use magnets !!!

try these magnart doo-hickeys! bet they would work great and would not damage your posters. http://www.dickblick.com/zz573/26/

that sounds like one fantastic collection.

I'd go to an art supply store -- there's usually a diy framing section in the back somewhere that has standard lengths you can assemble (and disassemble) to your needs.

Do you mean physically taking the poster out of the frame and putting a new one in, or having all them framed and lying waiting for their turn on the wall?

If it's the first, which is what I do, that's pretty easy, but storage for the second option would be boggling.

Leslie,

Where do you find your posters? They're really great.

Cheap Pete's: www.cheappetes.com can help with frames and matting (if you need it) that you'll be able to put together yourself. They can show you what you need and tell you how to do it. Since all the posters are the same size, you'll be able to swap them out whenever you want. Just take one into the store as a sample and you'll be good to go.

One thought is that you'll probably want UV glass or UV plexi - since the posters are so bright and colorful. Also, you probably want to ask to make sure all the materials are archival. It can cost a bit more but it's worth it if you want to protect your pieces.

Good luck and have fun! You have a great collection!

I have used binder clips for hanging lots of posters, it works great -

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to keep the posters from curling in on the edges and to keep the clips from digging in to the paper and damaging them, I have used thin pieces of wood on the front and back, and clipped over them - paint stirrers from a paint store work great.

if the posters are all a standard size (or few standard sizes) then you could easily do this project with frame clips/swiss clips. You would need a solid backing board of something like masonite, or possibly really thick card would work, and a piece of glass or perspex. The clips then push over the glass, poster, and masonite holding it all together and simply push off again when you want to change it.

Congrats on having a great poster collection.

Do NOT attach these posters to the walls with magnets. Cuban film posters are potentially valuable (check out Sotheby's poster auctions if you don't believe me). Being exposed to the air will yellow the paper, and light will fade the inks. As noted above, art supply stores are probably your best bet for inexpensive frames you can swap out.

Ideally, your other posters should be stored in archival materials (i.e. not acidic cardboard tubes.)

Cuban cinema had two great contributions to the art world: their movies and their posters, which are considered artworks themselves. Are your posters linen? If so, it might be best to invest in having them professionally framed. If not, you can definitely DIY them with picture frames you can find anywhere, but as a collector of film posters myself, I suggest you just either have all of them professionally framed or stick with one or two to be framed and the rest to be stored until you have enough money to frame them. If you do them yourself, they are more susceptible warping due to humidity and not being properly sealed and framed. I think in the long run, any money you spend in preserving these posters now will pay off more than having a nice framed art to hang now at the risk of damaging them.

Everyone... thanks for the great ideas so far!

The posters have been bought via collectors and a few galleries. Sadly, they are getting harder and harder to find!

Agree on the archival concerns--I would limit the display to those posters in the best condition.

Thanks again!
Jacqui