Go behind the scenes at the BFI National Archive’s Conservation Centre, where we preserve and restore the nation’s film collection, as we celebrate Twitter’s first ever #MuseumWeek.
Photochemical film printing with Chris Stenner, Wet Lab Operations SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin Meredith
The BFI National Archive holds a magnificent collection of film and television, from the birth of cinema to today. Concentrating on British titles, we carefully select material for our collections, preserving, restoring and interpreting it to ensure our film heritage is widely accessible in cinemas and in the home. We also collect posters, images, publicity material, original scripts, letters and other artefacts.
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With Twitter celebrating its first ever #MuseumWeek from 24-30 March, bringing together on social media hundreds of museums and archives across Europe, we go behind the scenes at our J. Paul Getty Jr Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. It’s here that our collections are housed, preserved and restored to keep the films alive for new audiences.
Video conservation and migration of obsolete videotape formats, with Will Daniel, Video Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithComparing multiple elements of film during restoration process with Claire West, Examination Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithPreparing film prints for projection with Teresa Burke, Acquisition and Access Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithInspecting film with Angelo Lucatello, Acqusitions and Access Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithInspecting film with Angelo Lucatello, Acqusitions and Access Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithInspecting film with Ian Betts, Acqusitions and Access Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithConservation Specialist undertaking film inspection and repairPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithAccessing the BFI’s film print collection from vault storage, with Scott Starck, Production ManagerPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithThe film vault at the BFI’s Conservation Centre, with Kat Bishop, Assistant Facilities ManagerPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithBFI pressbooks collectionPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithConservation Centre storage of Special Collections, with Carolyne Bevan, Curator - Scripts, Documents ＆ EphemeraPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithBFI posters collectionPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithFilm prints heading for cinema projection, with Martin Sheffield, Acquisition and Access Conservation SpecialistPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin MeredithExamples of film tinting and toningPhoto: Adam Bronkhorst, Kevin Meredith
