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Our Services
PTA provides professionally led storage, preservation planning, digitization, and collection support for clients who cannot afford loss, studios, estates, collectors, and institutions.
Preservation Planning & Condition Assessment
Condition reviews, risk scoring, and handling recommendations that prioritize what matters most and prevent avoidable deterioration.
Secure Intake, Transport, and Tracked Asset Handling
Controlled intake workflows, documentation, and oversight of specialized media and asset logistics to ensure traceability, accountability, and protection at every stage.
Preservation Planning & Condition Assessment
Condition reviews, risk scoring, and handling recommendations that prioritize what matters most and prevent avoidable deterioration.
Imaging & Document Scanning
High resolution imaging and document scanning for photographs, paper records, ephemera, and bound materials. Services support preservation, research, and access through careful handling, consistent capture standards, and organized digital deliverables for long term stewardship.
Estate & Private Collection Services
Discreet white glove support for estates and private collectors, including intake, stabilization, digitization planning, and long term stewardship.
Long-Term Digital Preservation Planning
Planning for ongoing digital stewardship, including file formats, refresh cycles, storage strategies, and documentation.
Climate-Controlled Archival Storage
Secure, climate-controlled storage for film, video, audio, paper, photography, artwork, collectibles, and valuables within facilities designed for long term preservation. Includes an onsite preservation vault maintained at 45°F and 25% relative humidity, controlled access protocols, and professional oversight.
Cataloging, Metadata & Asset Management
Professional cataloging with structured metadata entry into a standardized database, including reporting and circulation history, to support accurate search, organization, and long-term usability. Supports individuals, private archives, estates, collectors, content owners, and institutions.
Digitization & Media Transformation
Preservation grade and access level digitization of film, video, audio, photographs, and documents, including migration of obsolete or at-risk media formats and delivery of organized, quality checked digital files.
Archival Rehousing & Stabilization
Proper rehousing of fragile or at-risk materials using archival enclosures, containers, and handling standards to halt deterioration and prepare collections for storage, transport, or digitization.
Emergency Response and Recovery Planning
Pre-incident planning and post incident response for fire, water, smoke, and environmental events. Includes ERP documentation, evacuation planning, stabilization, triage, and coordinated recovery to protect collections when it matters most.