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Members Only Workshop – How to Treat Your Treasures

Sorry! This workshop is NOW FULL!

Thursday Evenings – January 8, 15, 22, 2009
7 p.m.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Conservation Lab

A New Membership Opportunity!

Patrons of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center are invited to attend a workshop on how to handle family heirlooms, artwork, and other valued possessions.

Over the course of three,one-hour workshops, our members have the exclusive opportunity to meet with Buffalo Bill Historical Center Conservator Beverly Perkins to learn about the special care and needs of their personal collections. The hands-on workshops offer a multitude of practical tips on storing, displaying, and cleaning valued possessions. Participants learn basic conservation techniques in the lab and are invited to bring in their own collectibles for discussion.

Tentative Itinerary

Please Note: Workshop is limited to 20 people

Jan. 8, 2008

General Guidelines for Preserving Your Collections
Maintaining a steady environment – Temperature, Relative Humidity, Light Levels, Pest Management
Storage
Exhibiting Your Collections
Shipping Your Collections
Adhesives – tapes
Should a Disaster Happen – steps to take

Jan. 15, 2008

Handling and Cleaning
Paintings, frames
Ceramics
Glass
Textiles – Costumes, Quilts, Shawls
Wood

Jan. 22, 2008

Handling and Cleaning
Metal Sculptures – indoors, outdoors
Organics – leather, feathers, ivory, horn
Works of Art on Paper
Guns
Plastic

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REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

Sorry! This workshop is NOW FULL!

Please Note: Workshop is limited to 20 people.

A $20 fee covers all three sessions: January 8, 15, 22, 2009.

Please make your reservations as soon as possible by contacting Membership Director Jan Jones, or by phone, 307.578.4032.

IMAGES: Interior of the original Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming. The artist Robert Ottokar Lindneux in front of his painting, First Scalp for Custer, ca. 1928. Photograph by Brown of St. Paul (1502). Mary Jester Allen Collection. P.41.504 (enhanced detail).

Buffalo Bill Historical Center Conservator Beverly Perkins works on a painted bison hide from the Plains Indian Museum collection, 2007.