It operates in accordance with recognised professional standards in paper conservation to maintain a very high quality of work. Evaluation of storage conditions, enclosures and other aspects of preservation for collections. Drafting of conservation programmes and proposed treatment. We supply standard and custom-made enclosures for storage and display. Remedial Conservation Treatment of paper, vellum and parchment documents, rare books, works of art on paper, seals, maps, plans, technical drawings, charts, photographs, pamphlets and other ephemera.
All treatment is documented in writing and photography.
The Unit provides placements for conservation students. Members of staff regularly lecture in their particular fields of research. It is open to Universities and other Higher Education institutions in the United Kingdom and gives special access to all our conservation services at subsidised rates.