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An external hard drive is a great way to back up your photos and other files. It can also be used to store your photos if you don't have much space on your computer or phone. To keep your data safe, choose external drives or bulk flash drives with good security protocols, such as password protection or encryption.

Environment must've a controlled temperature (70 degrees Fahrenheit) and controlled humidity (15-60% relative humidity). For storage containers and sleeves, find ones that are labelled photo safe or archival quality and are free from acid, PVC and lignin.

In addition to our line of custom archival boxes, University Products offers photo pages and sleeves that have passed the PAT. Per the recommendation of the National Archives, polyester, polyethylene, and polypropylene enclosures provide the most stable and non-damaging storage environment for archiving your photos.

Store all photographs (whether matted or enclosed in paper or plastic) in photo-safe boxes. Boxes can accommodate materials in either a horizontal or vertical storage orientation. Horizontal storage is preferable for prints on brittle mounts and oversize photographs.

A: The best way to store photos long-term is a combination of archive boxes, data-filled index cards and climate-controlled self-storage. Archive boxes will provide your photos an acid-free home and protect them from sunlight and exposure.

You may be tempted to use a clear plastic box that's advertised as being acid-free. But Smithsonian Institution Archives conservator William Bennett advises against this because we don't yet know how plastic interacts with photographs over the course of a century. It's safer to use time-tested paper boxes.

Archival photo storage boxes are the best way to preserve a large collection of photos, along with associated negatives if they have been kept, while taking up the least amount of space.