Scrapbook Preservation Workshop

WASHINGTON — Gunn Memorial Library will host a scrapbook preservation workshop on Tuesday, September 15, running from noon to 3 pm in the library’s Wykeham Room.

Deb Wender, a national expert from Northeast Document Conservation Center in Massachusetts, will teach participants how to care for their old scrapbooks so that they will survive for future generations. Scrapbooks present some of the most complex conservation and reformatting challenges. Composed on varying materials, adhered with problematic glues and tapes to often acidic pages, scrapbooks frequently need to be reformatted in order to preserve the intellectual information contained within.

This workshop is free and open to the public, as well as library and museum professionals interested in preservation options for scrapbooks. Participants are encouraged to bring a scrapbook from their collection for hands-on examination and discussion.

Visitors will also be able to view the exhibition “The Keepers of History: Scrapbooks and Albums,” which includes many scrapbooks featured in Jessica Helfand’s new book, Scrapbooks: An American History, on display next door at the Gunn Museum. Space is limited. Call 860-868-7756 for additional information and to register.

The Gunn Memorial Library and Museum is at 5 Wykeham Road. For more information, visit GunnLibrary.org or call 860-868-7756.