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In-person Arts & Culture

Preserving Your Prized Possessions (Paper Memorabilia)

Thursday, March 26, 2026
5:30pm to 8:00pm

Royal Alberta Museum

workshops

Tickets are under $20
Ages 16+

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Organized by: Royal Alberta Museum

March
26

Our personal stories and histories are often told through the scrapbooks, photos, and letters we cherish. To ensure these memories survive for future generations, we need to provide them with the highest level of care.

Join professional archivists and conservators from RAM and the Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) to learn the "best practices" for caring for your personal paper collections. This workshop offers a practical introduction to preserving photos, letters, cards, and scrapbooks.

Topics covered include:

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

Item description submitted at time of workshop registration. The items must be relatively small and portable: either one scrapbook or one small collection of photos, letters, and cards that are collectively no larger than shoebox sized. We may decline your items if we cannot accommodate them.

This workshop is open to anyone aged 15+, with no previous experience necessary.

Royal Alberta Museum

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