Caring for your treasures

Care for your possessions with Icon's conservation guides

We know that owners of historic objects and heirlooms care deeply about their treasured possessions and want to ensure that they are treated with care and respect.

While commissioning an accredited conservation professional is the best way to guarantee that your objects will be in safe hands and will be conserved to appropriate standards, our downloadable leaflets are full of advice on the care and conservation of objects. Our guides vary from the conservation of clocks and costume to the restoration of family heirlooms such as photographs and silver.

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Archaeological materials

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Art on Paper

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Books

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Botanical Specimens

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Carpets and Rugs

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Carved stone

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Clocks

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Costume and textiles

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Documents and archives

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Frames and gilding

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Furniture

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Geological collections

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Photographic materials

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Silver and plate

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Zoological specimens

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