Preserving the Past through Scrapbooking & Photograph Care

Welcome to Preserving the Past through Scrapbooking & Photograph Care! Join us for a fun and informative event where you'll learn all about preserving your very own precious memories. Samantha and Sabrina will share tips on scrapbooking techniques and demonstrate how to handle and preserve fragile materials to ensure your memories last. The event will be held in person at 457 S Church St in the Reading Room, so mark your calendars, locate your scrapbooks and photographs, and get ready for a day of creativity and nostalgia!

Note: The Moravian Archives will not be providing the actual scrapbook! Each participant will recieve a set number of insertable pages to design/create during the workshop. Participants will also recieve a catered lunch and will be provided with a variety of archival safe pens, markers, stickers, etc to help decorate and enhance your pages. You will even receive some archival boxes and materials to bring home with you in order to preserve many memories to come!

Info: Brief overview of archives and their role in preservation and the importance of memory preservation in personal and family history.

Info: Choosing the right materials. Proper ways to mount photographs and documents. Demonstration on handling fragile materials.

Info: Hands-on time to create personal scrapbook pages.

Info: Tips on storing and preserving personal collections at home.

Host or Publisher The Moravian Archives Southern Province