Mount - Displays and Equipment

Displays and Equipment

• Weapon mount, equipment used to secure an armament
• A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
• Hanging scroll for mounting paintings
• The display of an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore
  • Physically attaching a picture or a painting on to a support followed by framing with a picture frame.
  • Pinning up biological specimen on a heavy backing in a stretched stable position for ease of dissecting or display.
• Preservation methods used for display e.g. in a museum of fixed dead biological specimen which can be classified into wet or dry methods.
  • Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy
• Mounting a coverslip on a specimen on a microscopic slide.
• Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
• Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera