Tag: Collection care Behind the scenesLetters Unread: Opening closed letters in the Prize Papers projectMonday 20 November 2023Conservator Camilla Camus-Doughan showcases how she opened envelopes that had been sealed for centuries....Behind the scenesLost in the gutter: mitigating text loss for digitisation projectsWednesday 12 July 2023How our digitisation conservators solved a problem to reveal hidden text....Behind the scenesHandling historic collections: The gloves are still offWednesday 31 May 2023The use of gloves in handling historic collections is a question that arises frequently....Records and research‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the hairiest of them all?’Wednesday 12 April 2023What has a head, a tail, spine, and body, and is covered in short,...Behind the scenesA little light reading: Reimagining display at The National ArchivesFriday 31 March 2023Our Collection Care team have been investigating where to locate our new initiative....Behind the scenesIntroduction to conservation for digitisationWednesday 22 February 2023The National Archives digitises over 40,000 records every year. Who prepares them?...Archives and archivistsKickStart at The National ArchivesMonday 7 November 2022Over the course of the six months from January to July 2022, The National...Archives and archivistsBeyond 2022: Conservation for digitisationThursday 30 June 2022In October 2019, conservators at The National Archives began treating a number of documents...Archives and archivistsConservation volunteers rehouse over 5,000 films and negativesWednesday 2 February 2022The team of well-established volunteers in the Collection Care department has successfully completed a...Archives and archivistsDegradation of film negatives research: Approaches to treatment and unsolved issuesThursday 9 September 2021Working from home is not the natural habitat of a conservator. Like many in...Archives and archivistsThe removal and/or care of pressure-sensitive tape from paperTuesday 7 September 2021At the end of the 1920s, pressure-sensitive tapes (PSTs) were extensively adopted in museums,...Archives and archivistsA quick guide to microfading: How, what and why?Saturday 13 March 2021The loans and exhibitions team in our Collection Care department spends a lot of... 1 2 3 … 6 »
