Libraries, museums, archives and other organizations work every day to preserve cultural history. Over 4.8 billion artifacts are held in public trust by more than 30,000 archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, scientific research collections and archaeological repositories in the United States.
Why is preservation important? Some 2.6 billion items are not protected by an emergency plan such as natural disasters, and 1.3 billion of these items are at risk of being lost. If billions of items are at risk at our heritage institutions, than plausibly trillions of items held by the general public are at risk.
To mark Preservation Week 2012, we're sharing some resources to help you preserve your family treasures and learn what to when disaster strikes. There's also an activity guide filled with fun projects to get the whole family involved.
Here are a two free webinars available this week for you to learn how to take care of specific types of family treasures:
- Taking Care: Family Textiles Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2pm Eastern
- Register here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/318517225
- Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs Thursday, April 26, 2012 2 pm Eastern
- Register here https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/666813208
You can access the podcast Accidents Happen: Protecting & Saving Family Treasures for free as well anytime.
In case you're interested in learning more about what we in the BDC do to preserve that cultural heritage materials entrusted to our care, click here.
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