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Preservation may mean:

• Cultural Heritage Preservation, which includes:
  • Preservation (library and archival science), maintenance of artifacts and the intellectual record
  • Art conservation, the retention of cultural heritage for the future.
  • Digital preservation, the management of digital information over time
  • Film preservation, rescuing aging film stock and preserving recorded image
  • Phonograph record preservation and restoration of vintage audio recordings
  • Historic preservation, maintenance of the historic built environment
• Case preservation, in computer storage
• Environmental preservation, the active maintenance and advocacy of the protection of the natural environment
• Preservative, chemicals for the preservation of food, timber, and other materials
• Food preservation
• Self preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
• Preservation: Acts 1 & 2, albums by The Kinks
• Preservation Island, Tasmania, Australia
• Preservation Islets, Tasmania, Australia

See also

• Archival science
• Archivist
• Conservation
• Conservation movement
• Preservation Hall
• Preservationist
• Preserve

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