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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9464639, member: 8267&quot;][USER=22667]@research[/USER] - as you can see, approaches to safe storage may differ. </p><p><br /></p><p>The best decision will depend on many factors. Museums, which are responsible for preserving their collections in &quot;perpetuity&quot;, will try to use the safest (and often more expensive) methods and materials. For a private collection such as yours, the important factors will be the size of the collection, the environmental conditions, your financial resources and, to be realistic, the value of the objects (both monetary and sentimental).</p><p><br /></p><p>While commercial polypropylene containers may not be perfect, they are better than regular cardboard boxes. If the collection is small enough and you have the resources, archival board boxes could be better. On the other hand, if there are any water pipes running through your storage space or other risk of water damage, polypropylene containers (archival or not) offer more protection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Improvements in storage materials can be incremental. You might change to archival quality materials as time and money permit. You are ahead of the game if you have good environmental controls, as you have described. It is also important to monitor conditions in storage, to catch any potential problems quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Canadian Conservation Institute has a series of Notes discussing collections care, which you might find of interest. Scroll down the list and you will find a series covering textiles:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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