Some examples of ways in which we have helped external clients digitise their unique collections using our state of the art facilities.
The Design Museum
As part of its plans to put more of its archive online, the Design Museum wanted to digitise their archive of more than 40 years’ worth of exhibition posters. These varied in size, from low-run A3 prints to large 6-sheet bus stop posters, and some were even printed on unusual materials – such as flock printed on acrylic. They were looking to find an organisation that would be able to digitise this complex range of posters at a reasonable cost, and so they approached The National Archives’ digitisation team.
It was a pleasure to work with the team at The National Archives. I was pleased with the service from start to finish. I was particularly impressed with how they were able to digitally stitch together the largest of our posters. I have no hesitation in recommending them for a digitisation project – in fact, we are already planning to send more materials for scanning very shortly.
The Design Museum is a charity and generates most of its operating budget from exhibition admissions, retail income and sponsorship. It does not have an in-house photography or digitisation studio, and is dependent on working with external partners to make high-quality digital images. Working with the National Archives helps us to show more of our collection and archive to the public.