Do your precious archives look like this? The better you are able to look after your archives, the better we can then look after them in turn, if and when they come into our care at the Aquarius Archives Centre. The guides below are a great place to start, but if you still need a hand please contact us.
Conservation
Museums & Galleries NSW have a short two-page handout about preventive conservation and careful handling at Handling Museum Objects.
Also see the one-page help sheet about Handling paper, paintings and framed objects.
Pest Management
There are so many simply things you can do to protect your precious archives from damage with Integrated Pest Management.
Digitising
Museums & Galleries NSW provide concise, easy to use, professional standards and guidance for digitising at Crystal Clear.
More extensive and detailed guides
Museums & Galleries NSW have a variety of other online resources.
reCollections is a six-volume Australian publication about caring for a wide range of collection materials, developed by Artlab and Australian conservators for the Heritage Collections Council.