NCS is a registered non-profit membership organisation aimed at supporting archives, libraries and museums to look after their collections so that they will always be accessible. We constantly look for innovative ways of making conservation support affordable and achievable for organisations with no conservation staff.
NCS Full Membership provides an Accredited expert consultant to visit or meet with you regularly and help identify and resolve conservation management needs. Such site support is available throughFull Membership, with a range of subscription charges to choose from. Conservation treatments or digitisation at one of our studios or those of other Associate practices can also be provided in addition to advisory support or within membership if required. Institutions can also join as Supporting Members and get a range of the benefits including remote technical advice, free environmental monitoring for one location, access to their own part of our Members' Area and eligibility to join our Collaborative Storage Scheme or Freezer Storage. Standard NCS rates are discounted for all levels of Member for conservation studio projects and digitisation carried out at NCS studios in London, Oxfordshire and Pembrokeshire.
Typical Full Member advisory support includes:
- Environmental surveys for storage, reading rooms and exhibition spaces;
- Planning environmental improvement projects or conservation programmes, including help with fund-raising
- Compliance assessments and Accreditation documentation;
- Conservation analysis and treatment specifications for damaged items;
- Exhibition and loans planning, couriering, monitoring and regulatory support;
- Training of staff and volunteers in handling and care activities;
- Expert liaison with building management surveyors and mechanical engineers;
- Collection surveys, benchmarking and conservation management plans for funding bids and for collections in historic buildings;
- Help with emergency control plans and risk assessments
NCS brings together conservation consulting Associates and a range of other providers, selected to meet the highest standards of professional expertise. Conservation Associates are PACR accredited conservators and from Conservation Register practices.
More information about membership levels and benefits can be found on our Membership Rates page
