Archival Digitization for Film, Tapes, and Slides
Based in Minneapolis with local drop-off available. Free prepaid shipping for everyone else.
Professional Lab Gear
Broadcast-grade decks and calibrated scanners
Handled by Experts
Every tape inspected, with cleaning and repairs done by hand
Secure Chain of Custody
Assets are inventoried and tracked through the entire process
Free Nationwide Shipping
Prepaid shipping labels provided or local drop-off by appointment
Analog Media Doesn't Last. Digital Files Do.
Every year that passes, your tapes, film, and slides lose a little more. Magnetic tape sheds oxide. Film dyes fade. Slide colors shift. The good news is that it's not too late. By converting your analog media to digital files, your material can be shared, edited, backed up, and passed down to the next generation.
Ship It or Drop It
Ship your tapes to us for free with a prepaid USPS label or schedule a curbside hand-off in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metro area.
Future-Proof Files
We deliver pristine files in any format from ProRes, lossless FFV1, or MP4. Perfect for sharing socially and long-term archiving.
A Different Kind of Digitization Lab
Archival Works is a professional digitization company based in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area, founded by filmmaker Brian Wagner. We've earned a perfect five-star rating on Google by doing things the right way: broadcast-grade equipment, a fully lossless capture pipeline, and individual hands-on attention to every single tape, slide, and reel of film that comes through our door. Nothing is batch-processed. Nothing is rushed through a machine and shipped back untouched. We work with families preserving home movies, museums archiving collections, and production companies digitizing legacy footage. Every project gets the same level of care.