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Mold on paper can develop quickly in environments with elevated humidity or in presence of water infiltration.

In such conditions, precise dry cleaning and appropriate disinfection procedures are essential to halt microbial growth and safeguard the integrity of materials.

Maintaining stable environmental conditions and addressing contamination promptly are key to effective preservation.

A new housing for this family photographic archive. Conservation boxes and enclosures are chosen to protect the prints and prevent any possible damage.

Restoration of a full leather binding.

After two years of diagnostic analysis, finally the conservation of two fragmentary Tibetan manuscripts from the Tucci Tibetan Collection belonging to the IsIAO Library and housed is about to start.

The project involves a team of scholars, Tibetologists, scientists, papermakers and conservators, in working together on different aspects of the Tibetan books and experimenting new approaches for their study and understanding.