Comments on: Caring for Your Photos http://okhistory.org/community/fic/preservation/caring-for-your-photos/ Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Beverly Mosman http://okhistory.org/community/fic/preservation/caring-for-your-photos/#comment-1553 Beverly Mosman Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:38:45 +0000 http://okhistory.org/community/fic/preservation/caring-for-your-photos/#comment-1553 Lesley, I'm not sure lamination can be reversed except by a conservator. Paper or photos that have been encapsulated can easily be opened and the original removed. That's what makes encapsulation preferable to lamination which can damage the original. Some links I really like are: D e p a r t m e n t o f A n t h r o p o l o g y, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: http://anthropology.si.edu/conservation/lamination/lamination_guidelines.htm Northeast Document Conservation Center: http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/4Storage_and_Handling/11StorageEnclosures.php1010 National Park Service Museum Management: http://www.nps.gov/museum/ Lesley,
I’m not sure lamination can be reversed except by a conservator. Paper or photos that have been encapsulated can easily be opened and the original removed. That’s what makes encapsulation preferable to lamination which can damage the original.

Some links I really like are:

D e p a r t m e n t o f A n t h r o p o l o g y, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: http://anthropology.si.edu/conservation/lamination/lamination_guidelines.htm

Northeast Document Conservation Center:
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets/4Storage_and_Handling/11StorageEnclosures.php1010

National Park Service Museum Management: http://www.nps.gov/museum/

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