Conserving the archive

The Conserving the Archive blog was started by Design Archives’ Preservation and Digital Resources Coordinator Sirpa Kutilainen in January 2011 to document a Design Archives collaborative project with the archive and exhibition of MacDonald ‘Max’ Gill. The blog is now inactive, but continues to serve as a time capsule of over ten years of entries about the Design Archives’ conservation and preservation matters.

Month December 2018

A guest entry

As I mentioned in my previous entry, I have a treat for you: the second guest entry on this blog! The text has been written by Textile Conservation student Emma Hartikka (also Finnish, so I get to promote Finnish know-how… Continue Reading →

December 13, 2018 0

Archival deep cleaning discoveries

At the end of January this year, we embarked upon an archival deep cleaning mission here in the Design Archives. Archival deep cleaning is not something to be taken on by one person alone but requires a minimum of two… Continue Reading →

December 3, 2018 4

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