What's the difference? Conservation Conservation deals with stopping the progress of ageing and deterioration. To aid this, we can: Restoration
Restoration is then the art of reversing the ageing process and restoring an article to its former glory. We can:
repair wormholes and tears restore colour loss remove foxing and watermarks acidity burn mark removal mildew damage reversal
Click on the links on the left to see examples of what we can do.
| |  War poster showing serious signs of deterioration.
 Left: Section conserved. Right: Section restored |