Art Gallery and Museum Cleaners
Running a gallery or a museum means constant attention to how your space feels. Spotless floors, crisp air, clean glass, and immaculate facilities curate the visitor experience, holding light for the valuable artwork on display. At Slate, our gallery and museum cleaners understand how to care for these environments. We clean and maintain presentation without drawing attention away from the collections themselves.
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We beat 99.95% of other cleaners in the USA. Your team - and customers - will feel and see the difference.
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Years of experience, we’ve perfected the art of cleaning and earned the trust of some of the world’s most demanding brands.
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Sites from retail to clinics, we specialize in servicing multi-location operations. Every Location. Every Shift. Spotless.
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Trusted full-time team. Just dedicated cleaning professionals who show up and deliver to your exact needs.
Why do galleries and museums choose Slate?
Because our gallery cleaners are trained to work carefully around artworks, display cases, and sensitive interiors. We operate to reliable schedules and agreed scopes, maintaining a consistently high standard across public areas, back-of-house spaces, and changing exhibitions, even as visitor numbers shift seasonally and throughout the day.
We offer confidence and flexibility with:
- Full-time, vetted, and insured gallery and museum cleaners (not outsourced contractors), assigned permanently to your site
- Tailored cleaning programs aligned to your opening hours, exhibition schedules, and event calendars
- Responsive local and national support, so changes to schedules, access, or scope can be handled quickly and clearly
- A consistent benchmark across every site, whether you manage a single gallery or a network of museums in different cities
- Scalable museum and gallery cleaning, with new locations able to be established within ten business days
- One-off or regular event and hospitality cleaning services, before, during and after exhibitions and events
Our gallery and museum cleaning process
For almost 20 years, Slate has refined a six-stage process that delivers a trusted and transparent onboarding experience for gallery and museum cleaning services.
- Consultation & assessment
We take time to understand your gallery or museum layout, exhibition schedule, public areas, and back-of-house spaces, along with artwork handling and security requirements
- Findings & recommendations
We share clear observations from our site review and confirm where cleaning will best support presentation, visitor experience, and day-to-day operations
- Action plan
A customised gallery cleaning program is prepared, outlining agreed tasks, schedules, products, and standards
- Service delivery
After onboarding and training, your dedicated museum or gallery cleaners begin service, working carefully around displays and interiors
- Ongoing support
We stay connected as exhibitions change, events are scheduled, or visitor patterns shift, making adjustments quickly when you need them
- Quality control
Regular supervisor QA checks and real-time visibility on your own digital dashboard give your team confidence in our partnership
Initial Consultation & Assessment
We get to know your business, its locations, and your priorities.
Findings & Results
Together, we review our findings and identify opportunities for improvement.
Action Plan
We create a tailored cleaning plan with clear timelines, detailed processes, and defined expectations.
Service Delivery
Your commercial cleaning team of full-time Slate employees is onboarded, and your cleaning program begins.
Ongoing Support
Performance at your sites is monitored, optimised and adjusted, and backed by the support of a 24/7 client services team.
Quality Control
Accountability is everything, so we regularly check in, inspect and report for the long-term success of our partnership against your evolving business needs.
FAQs
What services are included in gallery and museum cleaning?
Every space has different needs, and at Slate, we tailor our approach to amplify the presentation of yours.
A standard gallery and museum cleaning service might typically include:
Service Area - What’s included?
Daily cleaning - Dusting, vacuuming, surface wiping, trash removal, and general presentation upkeep
High-touch sanitation - Disinfection of contact points for a clean, sanitary public environment
Floor care - Mopping, polishing, and specialty treatments for timber, stone, concrete, and gallery flooring
Windows and glass - Fingerprint-free cleaning of display glass, balustrades, entries, and internal glazing
Deep cleaning - Scheduled scrubs, periodic resets, carpet treatments, and detailed refreshes
Porter and event cleaning - Ongoing upkeep during exhibitions, installs, and events, before, during, and after hours
Are Slate’s gallery cleaners certified and properly vetted?
Yes. Our gallery and museum cleaners are trained, vetted, and supported to work in sensitive public spaces.
Our crews are:
- Full-time Slate employees (not contractors)
- Background and reference checked
- Fully insured, with Certificates of Insurance available
- Trained in low-impact cleaning methods
- Equipped with industry-approved cleaning products
- Supported by local area managers and QA processes
- Regularly upskilled in industry best practices for public and cultural venues
What locations do you service?
We can provide cleaning services for museums and art galleries right throughout the U.S, and as you expand, we grow too. We can launch museum or gallery cleaning services in a new location within as few as 10 business days.
We have crews local to your city, with national systems supporting our operations from logistics and onboarding, to quality assurance and centralised billing.
Welcoming thousands of visitors annually and hosting over 50 special events, The New Children’s Museum needed a robust cleaning solution for their high-touch interactive exhibits. Slate provided a customized program with a dedicated 2-person crew working 3 hours nightly to ensure a spotless environment.
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To safely reopen their childcare collective for 500 students and 45 teachers after the pandemic, the operations manager sought experienced and reliable cleaners with clear communication. Slate NYC met these needs, providing not just cleanliness but also the assurance of a safe environment and responsive service.
Modern Animal, rapidly expanding across 8 cities with 30 locations, faced the increasing complexity of maintaining sanitary and professional veterinary environments. Slate NYC provided a tailored, multi-location deep cleaning program specifically designed for veterinary clinics to ensure consistent high standards.
Local, everywhere.
We are NOT a franchise.
For 20+ years, our 1,000-strong team of pros has combined cutting-edge technology with proven quality control to deliver spotless results for businesses nationwide.
Don’t see your city? We can expand into a new city within 10 business days.
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