Nearly everyone has something in their home that is important to them personally, to their family, or to their wider community that they wish to preserve for the future. It could be a signed first edition novel, a family scrapbook, historic photographs of the town your grandparents are from, or a ticket stub from when the Phillies last won the World Series. You may not consider yourself to be a “cultural heritage steward”, but you are!   

Join us as the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts offers guidance about caring for different kinds of material in a home setting, including practical tips on how to properly store and handle material and where (and where not!) to display them. Participants may bring objects from their personal collections for advice on their care, and to share a bit about their significance. Note that this is not a setting in which CCAHA can provide in-depth condition assessments or treatment estimates.  

Presenter Dyani Feige works with libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural organizations to conduct needs and risk assessments, assist in disaster planning, and help develop policy and planning documents for collections. She also develops and presents education programs on preservation and conservation concerns. Before joining the staff of CCAHA in 2010 as Preservation Specialist, Dyani worked in the Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives. She has also worked in the New York Public Library’s Preservation Division; for the Conference Board; and in the Special Collections & Archives at Kent State University. Dyani received her MS in Library and Information Science with a Certificate in Archives at Pratt Institute and her BM in Music Business from New York University.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Moorestown Library