Restoration Digitization The Madeira Regional Archive and Library Directorate are embarking on a digitization project. Two of their collections need to be restored: a collection of 18th and 19th century land registers from the Ministry of Finance, damaged by mould and...
The origins and evolution of UCT’s iconic upper campus The University of Cape Town began as the South African College in 1829. The University was formally established in 1918; and from 1928 the construction of the original Groote Schuur campus buildings (now...
Restoration of figurative documents A year after our first visit to South Africa, La Reliure du Limousin was back in Cape Town at the Iziko National Museum. The museum houses important collections of African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology. A special feature of...
Paper restoration Binding of old documents The Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor has embarked on a major restoration project to safeguard its archives and make them accessible to the public. The files the Order holds on decorated members, students, and its own...