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Caring for your Collections - The Institute of Conservation

A new video from the Icon Care of Collections Group provides simple advice and tips for caring for a variety of household objects and materials.

Collection Maintenance - Session 3: Caring for Collections — NEDCC

Collection maintenance refers to the daily care of collections: keeping the stacks/storage area neat and clean, performing general housekeeping tasks in the ...

Caring for Collections | Museum - University of Alaska Fairbanks

Protecting your collections could be as easy as storing boxes on shelving at least 4-6" off the floor, storing sensitive items in plastic totes with lids, ...

Organizing & Care of Personal Collections

Whether downsizing, moving, or taking on Swedish Death Cleaning we all have a multitude of precious objects in our homes we aren't sure if we should keep, ...

Caring for Your Cherished Objects: The Winterthur Guide

Whether they are personal letters, grandmother's silverware, or the ... In addition to caring for the collections at Winterthur, they teach, consult ...

Caring for your collections | State Library of New South Wales

A handy set of fact sheets with information about preserving, storing and protecting your collections. Collection Care can help with information about ...

Caring for Your Objects · Pass It On: Preserving our Collective and ...

When shopping for supplies and materials for housing collections, it is important to carefully read labels and product descriptions. Manufacturers' claims that ...

A Look Inside Collections Care - JCHS

While caring for those items is some of the least publicly visible work we do, it's essential. It's one of the big reasons communities ...

Caring for Your Own Historical Artifacts | Antique Preservation

Don Williams and Louisa Jaggar, Saving Stuff: How to Care for and Preserve Your Collectibles, Heirlooms, and Other Prized Possessions. New York: Simon & ...

Caring for Your Collections | TCHM - Tri-Cities Historical Museum

'Caring for your Collections' is our free workshop to help you learn to store, handle, and protect your family heirlooms such as clothing, photographs, ...

More About Caring for Family Papers and Photographs

National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Caring for Your Collections. Edited by Arthur W. · Jane S. · American Institute for ...

Tips to Protect Your Collections - Anders, Ireland & Marshall, Inc.

Tips for Personal Staff · pick up objects at their strongest points and always use two hands. · report to you when something is damaged. · use ...

Caring for Collections - Library Juice Academy

Caring for Collections · Interpret and apply the basic principles of collections care and preventive conservation to their own collections and circumstances ...

Introduction to collections care - Museums Galleries Scotland

Handling collections · Always make sure your hands are clean and dry before handling objects (remember, wearing gloves may compromises dexterity ...

Caring for Family Treasures: A Basic How-to from Storage to Donation

What is the monetary value of an item? You should have your items appraised before you. Typical items found in a personal collection. consider donation. This ...

Collections Care - American Alliance of Museums

Collections care involves the careful management of change to cultural materials. Caring for museum collections while on display, in storage, in transit, ...

How to Care for Your Documents, Books and Images

Always support objects when moving them from one place to another. Use archival-grade paper, acid-free tissue, or card stock as a support. If the support is ...

Getting Candid About Collections Care

And, unfortunately, the same goes for the irreplaceable items in our personal collections. Thus, we must take actions that help to prolong the life ...

Caring for Your Treasures - Connecting to Collections Care

Proper care and maintenance of your family heirlooms and works of art will ensure that they are available for future generations to enjoy. To help you better ...

How to Care for Your Home Library - Revolutionary Spaces

Written by Nicole McAllister, Special Collections Librarian ... We have them all over our homes, we probably don't think too much about them, and they are there ...