Large format Polaroid photographs—some more than 2m high and 1m wide—were made in an instant but offer a challenge when it comes to long-term preservation.
Find out how to identify, store and handle nitrate film, and how to spot signs of decomposition.
Learn the basics of how to care for glass negatives, colour transparencies, lantern slides and photographic prints.
The biggest threat to the wellbeing of photographs is you! Most damage—especially to more fragile supports such as glass and paper—has occurred through human negligence or ignorance.
Use our photographic expertise to learn how to care for your own collections with these basic conservation guidelines.