The Nederlands fotomuseum developed a handy data bank for institutions that conserve, restore and research daguerreotypes: www.daguerreobase.org . This data bank, called the Daguerreobase, will enable the exchange of information. The goal is to collect as much information as possible in order to arrive at an historical overview of this earliest form of photography. In the future it will be possible to more accurately date new acquisitions or discoveries, and it will be easier to assign a place or photographer to the daguerreotype.
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The data bank comprises at the moment about three hundred daguerreotypes. It includes a special section Assessment, in which is described if photographs are treated. All the important components of the daguerreotype process have been photographed and are included in the data bank. The Daguerreobase is in English.
www.daguerreobase.org
contact
Conservation & Restoration department
tel. 010 233 1696
fax 010 233 1965
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