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The conservation and restoration of photographs is the study of the physical care and treatment of photographic materials. It covers both efforts undertaken by photograph conservators, librarians, archivists, and museum curators who manage photograph collections at a variety of cultural heritage institutions, as well as steps taken to preserve collections of personal and family photographs.
Oral history preservation; Language Preservation; Visual material - Color photography § Preservation issues and Architectural reprography, a variety of technologies and media used to make multiple copies of original drawings or records created by architects, engineers, mapmakers and related professionals. Optical media preservation; Ink
Restoration is restoring an antique or work of art, or any cultural artefact, to a like-new condition, or preserving an antique or work of art against further deterioration as in conservation. Antiques restoration, National Museum, Warsaw Antique painting and frame restoration: before and after photo
In 1992 he was honored by the Folk Art Society of America with their Award of Distinction for his “pioneering work in the field of environmental documentation and preservation.”. [ 6 ] [ 11 ] This included advocacy such as successfully designating sites for the California State Landmark registry, including Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village ...
Digital storage costs are rising for both born-digital cultural heritage (photographs, audiovisual, time-based media) and to store digital preservation and access copies of cultural heritage. Digital storage capacity is a major factor in the complexity of preserving digital heritage such as video games , [ 40 ] social media , messaging services ...
The use of the PAT is a standard in the preservation of photographic plates. The PAT "explores the possibility of chemical interactions between photographs and a given material after prolonged contact". [28] It is considered best practice to use steel shelving to store photographic plates. It is not recommended to use wood cabinets or crates.
Painting types include fine art to decorative and functional objects spanning from acrylics, frescoes, and oil paint on various surfaces, egg tempera on panels and canvas, lacquer painting, water color and more. Knowing the materials of any given painting and its support allows for the proper restoration and conservation practices.
1990 The CAA/Heritage Preservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation was initiated for an outstanding contribution by one or more persons who, individual or jointly, have enhanced understanding of art through the application of knowledge and experience in conservation, art history, and art.