Whatever you decide--how about a sidebar exhibit showing both the 
originals and digital reproductions along with displays  on how 
photographs are conserved and and tips on how to protect your own 
photos, old and new?

Karen

>   Prior
>to the photos being sent to us, they were in stored in a very humid
>apartment, so they are not in best condition. Our question is: do we exhibit
>the original 8x10s or do we have them scanned, reproduced in a larger format
>and touched up for display?

-- 
Karen Reeds, PhD, FLS
Guest Curator
Come into a New World: Linnaeus & America
American Swedish Historical Museum, Philadelphia,  February 15-July 1, 2007
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, May 3-September 30, 2008
http://www.americanswedish.org/
http://www.americanswedish.org/linnaeus.htm
http://www.newjerseystatemuseum.org/


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