Our Museum Archivists will show you the best ways to preserve your personal and family collections and images. Subjects include preserving old photos and negatives, preserving garments and fabrics, how to save those posters and prints, and saving digital memories.
Price:
$20 per session | General
$15 per session | Members
Dates:
Tuesday, July 28 | 5:00 PM
Meet the Staff
Join us to meet the collections staff at The Museum of Flight. Hear all about the work we do, learn about our areas of expertise, and get a sneak peek into the upcoming series of collection and preservation virtual workshops hosted by these experts!
Tuesday, August 11 | 5:00 PM
Research Tips
In this workshop, learn from the pros (specifically the Museum’s Supervisory Librarian and Reference Archivist) about how to make the most of the Museum’s online resources to find answers to your aviation and space-related questions as well as how to explore the thousands upon thousands of items held in the Museum’s collection. Attendees will be introduced to and given instruction on how to use the Library’s online catalog, the Archives’ research portal as well as the Museum of Flight’s digital collections site. The workshop will also cover additional resources used by the librarians and archivists at the Museum to answer the hundreds of research questions they deal with every year, as well as the numerous options available to the public to review material in the Museum’s collection for their own research topics.
Tuesday, August 25 | 5:00 PM
Caring for Family Heirlooms
Objects Quilts, military uniforms, china, silver and toys; all items that hold a dear place in many families’ collective memories. And all items with distinct long-term storage needs. The Museum’s Collections Manager will teach you how to preserve your family heirlooms like a museum professional using archival quality supplies and techniques you can implement at home.
Tuesday, September 8 | 5:00 PM
Books and Paper Materials
In this workshop led by the Museum’s Supervisory Archivist and Supervisory Librarian, you’ll learn how Museum staff care for and preserve the huge amount of book and other paper-based material in the Museum’s vast collection. Learn about the Museum’s best practices for caring for newspapers, books, letters, diaries, and manuals and learn how to apply those best practices to your own collection. Also get tips on how to organize your family’s archives.
Tuesday, September 22 | 5:00 PM
Photographs
The Museum’s Supervisory Archivist will lead this workshop and you will learn about different photographic formats using examples from the Museum’s extensive photo collections. We will go over both good and bad preservation methods and look at supplies you can use to take care of your family’s prints, negatives, and albums.
Tuesday, October 6 | 5:00 PM
Digitization
Digitization has become one of the best ways to preserve and share important family photos, documents and home movies. The Museum’s Digitization Team will teach the basics digitizing various types of materials, go over different techniques, and provide advice on managing your digital files. We will also touch on preservation of audiovisual materials.
Tuesday, October 20 | 5:00 PM
Restoration Center
This program is still under development, but will explore scope of larger-scale items and materials often encountered in aircraft preservation and restoration.
