Links & Resources
Caring for Your Collections
Free online guides for a variety of artifact types.
American Institute for Conservation
Caring
for Your Treasures
Canadian Conservation Institute
Preserving
my Heritage | Préserver mon Patrimoine
National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/index.htm
The Textile Museum
Care and
Display
Includes good information about pests.
Library of Congress
Caring for Your Collections
Need advice on the care of books, photos, videos, and other media in your collections?
These publications from the Preservation Directorate answer many questions about
the care, handling and storage of your valuable collections.
Library of Congress
Preparing, Protecting, Preserving Family Treasures
This website provides simple instructions, as well as links to more comprehensive
information for "Preparing, Protecting, Preserving" many types of family treasures.
Using this information, you will have the means to prepare ahead of time, to
protect everyday, and if need be to preserve your family treasures after a disaster.
Proper care, handling and storage of your treasures will help to ensure that
they are available for generations to come.
Image Permanence Institute
The Archival Advisor
Aite created and published by the Image Permanence Institute
(IPI) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as a guide for the family photo collector, the genealogist, and the scrapbook maker.
Environmental Protection Agency
Mold
Mold Resources
Flood Clean-Up
Other Professional Organizations
American Institute for Conservation
http://www.conservation-us.org/
Canadian Conservation Institute | Institut canadien de conservation
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/
National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.preservationnation.org/
Heritage Preservation
http://heritagepreservation.org/
American Association of Museums
http://www.aam-us.org/
Society for Historical Archaeology
http://www.sha.org
Virginia Conservation Association
http://www.virginiaconservationassociation.org
Library of Congress Preservation Supply Catalog
http://www.loc.gov/preserv/supply/specific.html
These specifications are provided as a public service by the Preservation Directorate
of the Library of Congress. Any commercial reproduction of them that implies
endorsement of a product, service or materials, in any publication, is strictly
prohibited by law. The specifications, [have been] developed by the Library's
preservation staff for procuring preservation, conservation, and housing products.
