Location: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh.
Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10 AM – 4 PM
Co-sponsored by Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Not sure if your great-grandmother's photo is a tintype or a daguerreotype?
Have an 8mm film that you want to project or protect?
Have a book or letter that's suffered from flood waters?
Don't know how to clean or store your great-aunt's wedding dress?
Over 30 individual conservators and vendors of conservation supplies and services will be on hand to address your conservation issues. Bring books, photographs, film, letters and other documents, paintings, textiles and family treasures for free conservation advice. No appraisals or valuations will be given.
The featured speakers will be Rick Prelinger, of the Prelinger Film Archive, speaking on the value of preserving film as a cultural artifact and Tom Clareson, of PALINET, with advice on preserving your family treasures in times of disaster. These talks will be held in the Museum’s Earth Theater, from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM.
The event is free with Museum admission; no separate registration is required.