Hi everyone.

I'm looking for some advice for paper maps. I've got some very old (as in 28 year old) maps from the TSR company for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game. The problem is that they came in boxed sets that folded the maps so they could fit in the box. Now, 28 years later, they are prone to tearing down the fold crease if you try to un-fold them.

So I'm wondering what kind of preservation techniques people use to keep their maps safe from this? To make things a little more complicated, some of these maps are double sided as well. I would like to state that I don't like lamination because eventually the lamination gets old, splits open at the edges, and rips your maps when it does so.

So what ideas do people have for making the maps usable at the same as keeping them preserved?

Looking forward to hearing your ideas