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Photographs and Film
'Object, image, information . . .
What are you trying to preserve? And what does your visiting public want to see? These are important questions to ask yourself in connection with photographs, because they will help to determine what you display and how you display it. ... In many cases, a copy of the original may serve your visitors' needs just as well as the vulnerable original.' Extract from 'Care of Photographic Materials & Related Media.' (MGC 1998)
Find out more about caring for ...
Cine film
- Go to Managing and caring for moving image collections, advice from London's Screen Archives
- Go to Cine Film section of 'Care of Photographic Materials and Related Media'
- Go to Care and conservation of plastic materials (Icon) on Collections Link for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects. It includes a section on cellulose nitrate and its care and safety implications.
Many other useful information resources can be found in the Motion Picture Film Preservation area of the Conservation OnLine website.
Photographs
- Go to Photographs section of 'Care of Photographs and Related Media' revised by Susie Clark, 2005
- .Go to Care and conservation of photographic materials (Icon) for basic guidance aimed at householders and curators who are caring for these objects.
- Download Preservation of photographic material (NPO) for guidelines on handling, storage and basic housekeeping techniques.
- Go to Standards in the Museum Care of Collections: Photographic Collections (MGC) on Collections Link for detailed guidance on best practice aimed at specialist curators and conservators.
- Go to Documenting photographs (MDA) for advice on all aspects of documenting these objects.
Documentation Timescales (MDA) includes case studies relating to photographic collections - Find out about relevant subject specialist networks in this field. There may be more than one network which is relevant to this subject, so this link takes you to the main networks page.
Copying
Contacts:
Contact the Photographic Materials Group of the Institute of Conservation (Icon).
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