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Caring for Your Paintings

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Caring for Your Paintings

Url http://aic.stanford.edu/library/online/brochures/paint.html Description Proper care of paintings: maintaining a suitable environment, displaying paintings, handling procedures, framing, housekeeping guidelines, disasters and other problems and resources. From the AIC. Random Quote American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Source: A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections © 2005 Heritage Preservation, Inc. More information at As you can see, AIC has a new website Keywords American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Category Conservation and Preservation > Methodology Contact Name Email

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1. The Library of Congress: Care, Handling and Storage of Motion Picture Film

Care, handling and storage of motion picture film including nitrate, acetate and, safety-based film.
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Care, Handling and Storage of Motion Picture Film (Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress).
>> Care, Handling and Storage of Motion Picture Film Film should always be held by its edges to avoid leaving finger prints on picture and sound areas. All film is subject to fading,
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2. The Library of Congress: Emergency Drying Procedures for Water Damaged Collections

Techniques and procedures to follow to salvage water damaged library collections, including books, framed items, photographic materials. Paper and mold damaged materials.
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Emergency Drying Procedures for Water-Damaged Collections (Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress).
>> Emergency Drying Procedures for Water Damaged Collections Wear protective, latex gloves and long sleeves. If mold is present, wear a respirator. Some mold species are toxic; if any health
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3. Barry Bauman Conservation

Offers conservation of paintings and fine arts to museums and non-profit organizations.
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4. Repairing Paper Artifacts

Procedures and supplies needed to repair paper and reinforce weak areas in paper artifacts.
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to view a full list of available leaflets 7.3 Repairing Paper Artifacts Why Repair Paper Artifacts? Tears are repaired most often to improve the appearance of a torn paper artifact, to prevent a
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5. The Ashmolean Museum: Deterioration

Deterioration studies at the Ashmolean Museum. Includes discussions on metals, textiles, ceramics, casts and paper.
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Ashmolean Museum: Further information about the Museum and its collections
Give to the Ashmolean Appeal: Why do objects deteriorate over time even though they have survived so long? The most common causes are: Exposure to too much light Fluctuating humidity and