Tag: Collection care 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...Archives and archivistsMaps and materiality: Charting a course to the past using AIThursday 11 March 2021Maps have often been studied from a historical and geographical point of view, but...Archives and archivistsSmashing the stereotype: How dyslexia helped guide me to my dream careerTuesday 9 March 2021Before my diagnosis, I always thought dyslexia just meant having difficulties with reading, writing...Archives and archivistsGalling ink! How The National Archives preserves millions of documents written in iron gall inkSunday 7 March 2021Iron gall ink was first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in AD23 and was...Archives and archivistsHello British Science Week!Friday 5 March 2021When people think about science, GLAM institutions (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) are probably...Archives and archivistsSmoke and mirrors: Revealing the Gunpowder Plot through heritage scienceThursday 5 November 2020When The National Archives’ Collection Care Department purchased a multispectral imaging system last year,... 1 2 3 … 5 »