Services

Conservation treatment of the following:

• Works of art on paper, including watercolors, prints, drawings, pastels, collages, and paintings on paper

• Archival documents on paper and parchment

• Ephemera

• Herbariums and botanical specimens attached to paper

• Wall maps and posters

• Architectural designs and blueprints

• Cased photographic objects, crayon portraits, and panoramic photographs

• Photograph albums and scrapbooks

• Photographic prints, 19th century to contemporary 

• Photographic negatives

Conservation and Preservation Workshops/Education:

• Photographic process identification

• Care and handling of paper-based collections

• Film negatives: history and identification

• Disaster response and recovery

Other:

• Preservation consulting 

• Collection surveys

• Disaster recovery assistance

• Collection rehousing

What to Expect

Initial project consultations can be by email, phone, or in-person. We’ll discuss your goals in pursuing conservation treatment as well as any deadlines and exhibition or storage plans that you might have. If you’d like to proceed with the project, a formal condition report and treatment proposal will be prepared. This will require an in-depth examination by the conservator and will usually take place at the studio, though in some instances the examination may be carried out on-site. There is a $70 fee associated with this, which will be waived if you decide to go ahead with the proposed work. Projects are billed hourly, in quarter-hour increments.

Full written and photographic documentation will be given to the owner at the conclusion of the treatment. All work is guided by the Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice of the American Institute for Conservation.