Conserving your Family Archive
Monday 14th October 2024, 20:00-21:45
Online
This talk will look at the general principles for keeping things safe and in good condition. Detailed advice on caring for and storing original documents, maps, books and other paper items, photographs, etchings and paintings, textiles such as samplers, christening robes, unforms etc, inherited objects including furniture, jewellery, ceramics and toys. Digital media and suggestions for preserving your heritage as a book (hardcopy and e-book forms) or a website and making plans for what will happen to it all after your death. Finally some trustworthy sources for further help and advice and insurance in the broadest sense.
This talk will look at the general principles for keeping things safe and in good condition. Detailed advice on caring for and storing original documents, maps, books and other paper items, photographs, etchings and paintings, textiles such as samplers, christening robes, unforms etc, inherited objects including furniture, jewellery, ceramics and toys. Digital media and suggestions for preserving your heritage as a book (hardcopy and e-book forms) or a website and making plans for what will happen to it all after your death. Finally some trustworthy sources for further help and advice and insurance in the broadest sense.
Talk starts at 8pm , Zoom session opens at 7:15pm for chats. Members only
