Archival Storage

Hints and tips on archival storage for conservation and preservation of documents, art, artifacts, and more.

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It's all relative, humidity...

Last month we wrote about the importance of managing light to prevent damage to collections – we’re completing the story with a few tips on managing humidity and temperature.

Monitoring light in a museum or gallery - Light Duties

Light Duties - Monitoring and protecting from UV in a museum or gallery

Light can be damaging for collections, the monitoring of light radiation is part of the fundamental

Why polyester for archival storage - when is a pocket a sleeve?

Why Polyester?

Archival polyester, also known as Biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate, ‘BoPET’ to its friends, is used across the globe to protect valuable works of art on

Heavy Metal...What's the Drawer? Museum Cabinet Checklist

Museum Cabinets Checklist

There are many things we use every day that, until such time as they give us a problem, we give little thought to. I can almost guarantee

PAT Passed you by?

PAT Passed you by?

What is PAT testing?

PAT testing has nothing to do with challenging a postman, or, in this instance portable electronics. When we talk about items being

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