Rated 4.96/5 from 2,176+ verified reviews
Photo restoration by real American artists, so she still looks exactly like you remember
That faded photo in the shoebox, maybe the only one you have of her, deserves more than an app.
Love it or every cent back. Free revisions until it’s right, and if we can’t make it perfect, a full refund, cash, not store credit.
Trusted by 400,000+ families · Restoration for museums & historical societies · 37+ years of combined experience
From $38 per photo, you choose your artist
Studios charge $50–$500 and quote by how damaged your photo is. We never price by damage. Restoration starts at $38, and you pick the artist that’s right for your photo.
- Done by hand, never AI. We only recover what’s there. We never invent a face.
- Love it or every cent back, in cash, not store credit. Free revisions until it’s right.
- No shop to drive to. Upload from your kitchen table in 2 minutes, or mail it in if you’d rather.
Repair Old Photos By Hand, Never By AI
Wondering where to get an old photo restored? Real American artists here repair old photos and restore damaged photos entirely by hand, never with AI. Our professional photo restoration work has helped over 400,000 families touch up old photos and bring faded memories back to life, from $38. You can upload from home anywhere in the US, and if you do not love it, you get every cent back.
New here? Here’s how it works
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Send us your photo
Snap it at the kitchen table, or mail it in, no scanner needed.
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A real artist restores it
By hand, never AI. Free revisions until it looks right.
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Love it, or your money back
If we can’t make it perfect, every cent back, cash, not store credit.
Find a photo like yours
Whatever happened to your photo, we’ve brought one back from worse
Torn, water-stained, faded, creased, in pieces. Pick your photo’s problem and see it already solved.
“I never thought this photo could be saved, and now it looks brand new. I actually cried when I opened it.”
Bring your old photos back to life with the top-rated restoration studio
No photo is too far gone for our artists, including the ones other services turned away. Torn, water-stained, faded, creased, stuck to glass, even in pieces. We’ve fixed them all, by hand, one photo at a time. We also colorize black-and-white photos and recover blurry faces, and we can enlarge a small print so it’s ready to frame. If a photo can’t be saved, we’ll tell you honestly, and you won’t pay a cent.
Lynn’s photo · Arlington Heights
Harold’s photo · Lahaina
Betty’s photo · Mystic
Hundreds of photos we’ve finished lately, shown before and after:
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From $38 per photo, you choose your artist
Every photo is backed by our MemoryCherish Love It or Your Money Back Guarantee.
3 easy steps to restore your photos
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Take a picture of your photo, right at your kitchen table
Use your phone or a scanner. Either works. Your original never leaves your hands. (Prefer to mail it in? You can. Tracked and insured, and we send it back free.) Then choose your options and pay securely.
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Our restoration experts work their magic
A real artist, not a program, sits down with your photo. They mend the tears and lift the stains, and they’ll add true-to-life color if you’d like. Most photos, honestly, take us about 4 careful hours.
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Get it back and approve it before it’s final
Your restored photo arrives by email in a few days (24-hour rush available). Nothing is final until you say so. Free revisions until it looks exactly like you remember. Then, if you’d like, we’ll print it museum quality, ready to frame.
Remember when your town had a photo shop?
Someone behind the counter knew your name. You’d bring in a torn print of your mother, and a week later it came back in a paper envelope, mended, because the person who fixed it actually cared how it turned out.
Most of those counters are gone now. The drugstores shut their photo restoration desks. What replaced them are apps that run your mother’s face through a computer and hand you back a stranger.
We started MemoryCherish to bring the counter back. Real artists, most of them here in America, with 37+ years of combined experience between them. They restore photos one at a time, by hand, and they don’t call one finished until it looks exactly the way you remember. The only difference from the old counter is that you don’t have to drive, and the envelope arrives by email in a couple of days.
The MemoryCherish family
Keep your family’s memories in the family
Get your restored photos back and hang them where people will see them. Give the next generation a chance to:
- Relive some happy episodes of your childhood
- Feel the joy your parents felt on their wedding day
- Show your grandchildren the house their great-grandparents moved into
A single photograph can mean a lot. Pictures are more than paper. They remind us of a time we felt happy and loved. We work on each one by hand until it looks the way it did on the hallway wall, and if you’d like, we’ll print it so it can hang there again.
Your photographs are in good hands
The same hands that restore photos for museums.
Our artists have handled complex restorations for world-class museums and historical societies. With 37+ years of combined experience between them, they don’t call a photo finished until it looks the way you remember it. Blemishes, scratches, a tear straight across her face. We’ve fixed worse.
Who is MemoryCherish’s photo restoration service for?
Grandparents & Parents
Reminisce over vintage photos of you when you were young, or remember your smile in an old photo. Turn back time by bringing your memories back to life. Share beautiful stories with your family through clear, newly restored photos, which can soon become a family heirloom.
Children & The Young-at-Heart
Give the gift of the past, turn an old photo of your loved ones new again. Gifting your parents or grandparents one of their favorite memories, restored and colorized, is a sure way to fill up their hearts with emotion.
Businesses with a Legacy
Proudly hang a newly restored picture that shows your company's rich history to remember every day just how far your company has come. Get the best version of your photos restored and framed on the office wall.
If there’s a shoebox in your closet you’ve been meaning to do something about, this is for you.
Why families choose our photo restoration service
MemoryCherish
- Museum-quality results: We restore each photo 100% by hand and don't stop until it looks right. An average photo restoration takes us 4 hours. With us, your photos are restored the proper way.
- Experienced artists: Our studio artists are vetted for quality, having worked for world-class institutions in the past. Every one of our restoration artists is US-based and paid a fair wage.
- Honest pricing: What you see is what you pay, guaranteed. From $38, you choose your artist, and the price never depends on how damaged the photo is.
- A guarantee with your money behind it: if you don't love your restoration, you get every cent back. Cash, not store credit. And your restored files are yours forever, free. No subscriptions, no expiring download links.
Other Companies
- Run your photo through automated software, then charge you like it was handmade.
- Advertise one price, then stack on fees. Colorization extra, rush extra, “reconstruction” extra, cloud storage extra.
- If you're unhappy? Store credit. Your money stays theirs.
Looking for “photo restoration near me”?
You won’t need to drive anywhere, and you shouldn’t have to. The photo counters that used to do this work are gone (Walgreens quietly discontinued photo restoration in 2024). What replaced the drive is simpler. Take a picture of your photo with your phone, right at your kitchen table. Your original never leaves your hands. Our American artists fix it up by hand and email it back in a few days. If you’d rather mail the original, you can. Tracked and insured, and we send it back free.
And if you’d rather talk to a person first, call us: +1 (307) 218-6920
What our customers say
4.96 out of 5 from 2,176+ verified reviews
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AfterRated 5 out of 5 starsI am completely happy with my experience. From beginning to completion, the staff has been in contact and very helpful to me and not selling but ensuring what I wanted would be delivered. I’ll use this service again
John Verified customer· 1 month ago 
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AfterRated 5 out of 5 starsThank you to MemoryCherish for an excellent restoration AND above average customer service. An older, damaged and discolored photo that was desired for our loved one's funeral was revitalized! A+ for providing a marvelous reprint and meeting our very short timeline! (And the coaching on the last steps of retrieving the final photo was really appreciated.)
Reva Verified customer· 1 month ago 
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AfterRated 5 out of 5 starsReally outstanding and quick service and priced right.
Jon Verified customer· 1 month ago 
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A heartfelt “Thank You!” to the folks at Memory Cherish for the great job they did restoring my precious photo! It was a color snapshot of my late husband and me taken outdoors in 1976 during our engagement celebration. The Kodak 110 Instamatic Pocket Camera leaked light distorting half of the photo which included my husband’s image. The entire snapshot had also discolored with age. Memory Cherish replied to my inquiries most courteously and promptly, and my questions and requests were resolved to my complete satisfaction. (FYI - I used their middle tier of service.) When I initially submitted the photo to be restored, I should have sent them other photos taken of the same people at the same event to assist the artist, but I did not realize until I requested a revision that it was possible do this. I will certainly use Memory Cherish again if I have another photo to restore!
Janet Verified customer· 1 month ago 
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AfterRated 5 out of 5 starsMemory Cherish did a great job on the restoration of our photos. Keep up the good work Memory Cherish!
Anonymous Verified customer· 2 months ago 
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AfterRated 5 out of 5 starsI absolutely loved the restored finished photos of my mom from an old black and white photo that my father had in his wallet for over 70 years. The artist worked with me with over 3 revisions until the photo was just right. Highly recommend!!!!
Ed Verified customer· 2 months ago
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America’s most-loved photo restoration service
See what our photo restoration service does with the photos everyone else gave up on. Tears, creases, even mold. Our artists have repaired it all.
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I get an old photo restored?
Right here, from anywhere in the US. You upload a picture of your photo (or mail the original in, tracked and insured), and our American artists restore it by hand within 1-3 days. No shop visit needed.
What makes this professional photo restoration and not an app?
Every photo is restored by a real, experienced American artist by hand, never by AI or an automatic filter. Our team has 37+ years of combined experience and has restored photos for museums and historical societies.
Where can I get old photos restored?
Right here, from your kitchen table. There’s no shop to drive to anymore (most drugstore photo counters are gone): you take a picture of your photo with your phone, upload it, and our American artists restore it by hand within a few days. If you’d rather talk to a person first, call +1 (307) 218-6920.
Who restores old photos?
Real restoration artists do. At MemoryCherish, only humans ever touch your photo. Our artists have 37+ years of combined experience and have restored photos for museums, historical societies, and hundreds of thousands of families. You can meet the team on our Who We Are page.
Does Walgreens restore old photos?
Not anymore. Walgreens discontinued its photo restoration service in 2024, and most drugstore photo counters are gone. MemoryCherish is where those customers come now: restoration done by hand by American artists, from $38, delivered in a few days, with no store visit needed. Read our full Walgreens comparison here.
Can a photo that’s torn, faded, or water-damaged really be restored?
Almost always, yes. Even photos other services turned away. Tears, creases, water stains, fading, mold, fire damage, photos stuck to glass, photos in pieces: our artists restore them all by hand. And in the rare case a photo just can’t be saved, we’ll tell you honestly and you won’t pay anything.
What is photo restoration?
Can I trust MemoryCherish?
What degree of “damaged” can MemoryCherish handle?
How much does it cost to restore a photo?
You choose the artist level for your photo, and the price never depends on how damaged it is. The quickest way to see your exact price is to start your order, it takes about two minutes, you’re not committing to buy anything, and you’ll see your full total before you pay a cent. Free revisions and your digital files are always included, and nothing is ever added after. Prefer to compare first? The three artist levels are laid out on our Why choose us page.
Can old, damaged photos be restored?
Can faded photos be restored?
How are my restored photographs delivered?
What if I don't like something about the photo restoration?
How soon can I get my photo restoration after I order?
Most photos come back in a few days. You’ll pick your speed on the order form. And if you need it tomorrow (a memorial service, a birthday), there’s a 24-hour rush. Tell us the date and we’ll treat it as a promise.
What if I need support with photo scanning?
Do you have a price list I can look at?
The simplest price list is the order form itself: start an order (about two minutes, no commitment) and you’ll see your exact total for your photo before you pay anything. You choose the artist level, and the price never depends on the damage. You can also see all three artist levels and what each one includes on our Why choose us page.
Who owns the rights to my photos?
Should I just use an AI photo app?
You can try one free. Many of our customers did first. Here’s what they tell us: the app “restored” the photo, but the face that came back wasn’t quite Mom anymore. AI apps don’t recover your photo’s real details. They borrow face parts from strangers in a database and paste them in. For a photo of someone you love, that’s the one thing that can’t happen.
Our artists only recover what’s really there. That’s why every restoration includes a before-and-after comparison and your approval before it’s final: it has to look like her, or you don’t pay.
I have more questions. Is there a person I could talk to?
If you have any more questions, email our team at support@memorycherish.com, or give us a call at +1 (307) 218-6920. A real person will get back to you and walk you through anything you're unsure about.
Love your restoration or get your money back
We’re confident you’ll love it. And in the rare case you don’t, we’ll refund you. Every cent, in cash. From $38 per photo, priced by the artist you choose, never by the damage.
Bring the shoebox out today
Join the 400,000+ families who got their old photos fixed up. Our American artists don’t stop until your photo looks exactly the way you remember it.
From $38 per photo, you choose your artist
The MemoryCherish Guarantee: Love it or every cent back. Cash, not store credit. Free revisions until it looks exactly like you remember. And if a photo just can’t be restored, we’ll tell you honestly and you won’t pay a thing.
“It now reminds me of how I knew him for real.”
