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In-person Arts & Culture

Museum Skills Workshops: Preserving Your Pride: Scrap books and photos

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025
5:30pm to 8:00pm

Royal Alberta Museum

workshops

Ages 15+
Tickets are under $20

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Organized by: Royal Alberta Museum

Oct.
9

October is LGBT history month. Some of our stories and histories are told through scrapbooks and the photos, cards and letters we populate them with. To keep these stories for future generations, we need to be able to provide appropriate long-term care for those memories.

Join archivists and conservators from RAM and PAA to learn how to care for your own paper memorabilia collection. This workshop will give you an introduction to best practices in caring for photos, letters, cards, and scrapbooks.

Types of items and stories archives and museums collect
Understanding preservation and agents of deterioration
Dos and dont's of handling, storage, and display
Benefits of using proper storage materials
Practical knowledge and materials to protect one scrapbook or small collection of photos, letters, and cards with archival/museum quality storage.

This workshop is open to anyone aged 15+, with no prior experience necessary. General admission is included in ticket price.

Royal Alberta Museum

9810 103A Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 0G2