Perhaps you could preserve the original and display a
replica, with notation to that effect.
--- Molly Lambert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> While working on the preservation plan for a complex
> of historic
> mining buildings, we have come across a document
> that must be kept on
> the wall (in an uncontrolled space) but is falling
> apart.  The
> document has definite historic value to the site and
> there may be
> only a few still in existence.
>
> If a paper conservator treats the work, they
> probably will recommend
> that it not be displayed in its original location,
> or will want to
> house it in a sealed frame or mylar package.  A
> frame could be used
> but this would not match the traditional method of
> display, which is
> affixed to the wall studs of the building.  They do
> not want the look
> of a modern plastic covering the document.
>
> I'm new to the list, but does anyone have a
> alternate solution.
>
> Molly Lambert
>
>
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