1. Find a Chinese painting specialist to identify the problem with your Chinese art object, and ask the specialist for professional advice on how to find a qualified Chinese painting conservator or restorer. Avoid Harmful Conditions for Your Chinese Painting
Most artwork is susceptible to deterioration from light, humidity, temperature, insects, dust, salt and vibration as well as the dents, knocks, chips and tears that come from contact with human beings.
Light: Keep your Chinese scroll painting, which is light-sensitive, out of direct sunlight and reduce artificial lighting where possible.
Humidity: Keep your Chinese silk and paper paintings in humidity between 40% and 60%. Avoid fluctuating changes in humidity to reduce the possibility of mold and insect damage.
Temperature: Avoid extremes of temperature change in the space where your artwork is presented.
Dust: Keep artwork free of dust. Dust the surface of Chinese paintings on silk or rice paper with a soft cloth or feather if necessary.
Salt in the air encourages corrosion. Use air conditioning to reduce this danger.
Vibration: Avoid transporting Chinese scroll paintings without compensating for vibration by careful packing and support.
Contact with human beings: Avoid touching the surface of a Chinese scroll painting with the hands, which will speed the color deterioration.
Presentation and Storage: Hang the painting on interior walls rather than exterior walls, and place it on a flat, clean, dry and pest-free surface if not hanging.
http://www.asianartrestoration.com/ specializes in the care and conservation of Asian scroll paintings.
http://www.umma.umich.edu/collections/conservation_lab/eastasian.html The Asian Painting Conservation Lab is among the great resources at UMMA, one of the best restoration facilities in the United States.
http://www.explorasia.org/visitor/dcsrEastasian.htm The East Asian Painting Conservation Studio is devoted to the conservation of East Asian paintings with traditional methods.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/departments/conservation,_doc_science.aspx. The British Museum has an extensive and highly proficient conservation department, primarily concerned with conservation of Asian art antiquities.
http://www.clevelandart.org/exhibcef/consexhib/html_kiosk/a2staff.html The Cleveland Museum of Art offers professional conservation services. Treatments are undertaken to stabilize objects and to recover aesthetic integrity as much as possible.
http://www.nationalmuseum.cn/en/survey/introduction/index.jsp The National Museum of China has a professional team and first-class equipment for conservation and repair of antiquities.
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/conservation The Art Gallery of New South Wales employs one dozen people specializing in different areas of art conservation. It is recognized as a center of excellence.
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/ The Museum's four conservation departments - Antiquities, Paintings, Decorative Arts and Sculpture, and Paper - play a vital role in its efforts to exhibit and interpret its collections.
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