Preservation Emporium
- Event Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
- Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm (CDT)
- Location: Douglass Annex, 804 N. 5th St., Champaign, IL
- Age: All Ages
- Cost: Free
Talk to local preservation experts about how to best preserve your favorite items!
Meet and talk with preservation experts at this informational event. Experts in photos, papers, fabric, musical instruments, art, digital media, and more will be on hand to answer your questions and share tips and tricks for preserving your collections. Bring a small item from your collection to receive advice on how to best care for it.
There will be activities outside for kids and raffle prize drawings each hour for adults. Enter to win archival preservation materials!
Contact
For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at spurlock-museum@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 333-2360
For more information, contact Rachel Miller-Haughton, Preservation Outreach and Engagement Librarian at the University of Illinois Library, at RM62@illinois.edu (email link)
All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.