Historical photographic collections are an essential part of our cultural heritage. The growing interest in photography, as a form of artistic expression as well as a visual record of past times, has raised questions about how to treat photographic materials in a responsible way. These questions are not only relevant to collection keepers in archives, museums and libraries but also to anyone with old family albums at home. This website will offer some guidance in finding information about the long-term preservation of all kind of photographic materials.

Processes
About nineteenth and twentieth century photographic processes

Preservation
About environmental conditions, handling and storage of photographs

Digitisation
About digitising photographic materials

Links & Literature
Overview of all the references on this website

Sitemap
About the content of this site

This website is part of the project Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access (SEPIA). Funded by the European Union under the Framework Programme in Support of Culture

Illustrations on this website were generously donated by the Nationaal Foto-restauratie Atelier, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Nicolette Bromberg of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison USA, Caroll Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. Coremans.