Module 4 - November 30 to December 20, 2026 (3 Weeks)

Preventive Conservation of: Paper documents, Art on paper, Photographic Materials and Reproductions

Program Director: Konstantinos Choulis

Module 4

Workshop, 75 hours

Preventive Conservation Workshop: Paper Documents, Books, Art on Paper, Photographs and Repruductions

Instructor: Francesco Maria Rizzo, Maria Chiara Abate

  1) Making Storage Folders and Boxes

  • Books

  • Documents

  • Art on paper and technical drawings

  • Photographs: positives and negatives

  • Reproductions

 2) Making display frames

  • Art

  • Photographs

 3)  Design a display case

4) Field Project: risk assessment of a facility: library, Archive, Museum

Module 4

Theory class - 36 hours

Preventive Conservation of Paper Made Objects

Instructor: Francesco Maria Rizzo, Maria Chiara Abate

1)  Deterioration Factors

  • Inherent chemical aging

  • Environmental

  • Biological attack

  • Anthropic

2) Storage systems

  • Shelving

  • Flat files

  • File cabinets

  • Boxes and folders

3) Environmental Controls: humidity, environmental pollution

4) Controls against biological attach

5) Display systems and micro environments

  • Frames

  • Display cases

6) Digitization and documentation: process and storage systems

7) Handling and transportation

9) Risk assessment of facilities: libraries, archives, museums

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