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Photograph Preservation Workshop

image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons [Sitting portrait of woman.]

Cultural heritage collections typically contain photographs. Join instructor, Stephen Fletcher, Photographic Archivist for UNC’s North Carolina Collection, at a workshop on September 9, 2024, to learn how to care for these important visual documents. The production of different technical formats across the 19th and 20th centuries involved varying chemical processes. As they age, those formats require different preservation strategies. This workshop is an introduction to identifying a variety of types of photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, hand-colored silver gelatin prints, contemporary color, and digital photographs. Instruction will also focus on preservation methods and materials for proper handling, exhibition, and storage.

Date and Location

  • What? In-person workshop on photograph preservation
  • Where? High Point Museum, High Point, NC
  • When? Monday, September 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • How much? $60 for NCPC members, $85 for nonmembers,
    $25 for students, includes lunch
  • Who should attend? Anyone who cares for a collection with photographs

Registration

The registration fee for this workshop is $60.00 for employees of NCPC member institutions and individual NCPC members, $85.00 for non-members, and $25 for students. Lunch will be provided. Registration is capped at 20 participants. The deadline to register is Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Once the workshop is full, further registrants will be added to a wait list. To register for the workshop, please fill out the form below. Then click on “submit” and the form will take you to Paypal to pay online with a credit or debit card. You do not need a PayPal account to pay with a credit card. By registering you agree to our Release of Liability.

If you prefer to pay by check, click on “submit” then send a copy of your registration with your check to:

North Carolina Preservation Consortium
P.O. Box 2651
Durham, NC 27715-2651

If you wish to join NCPC to receive the member rate, please see https://ncpreservation.org/join

REGISTER ONLINE HERE

Cancellation and Refund Policy

All questions regarding registration should be directed to the NCPC Executive Director. All fees listed on the registration form are in US dollars. There is a cancellation fee of 10% of the Registration Fee up to 10 days before the workshop. No refunds are given for cancellations made within the 10 days prior to the workshop. NCPC Member Institutions may substitute a staff member in the event the registrant cannot attend. Please inform NCPC within 24 hours of the workshop if you will be sending a substitute. No other substitutions are permitted without the permission of NCPC. No refunds will be issued for no-shows. In the event that the workshop is canceled due to low attendance, adverse weather, or other causes beyond NCPC’s control, registrants will be notified and may opt to either have their registration fee applied to another class or conference, or have their fees refunded. NCPC accepts no responsibility in such cases beyond the refund of conference registration fees.

Scholarships

Scholarships are available to help those in need. Please contact the NCPC Executive Director for more information if you need assistance covering the costs of this program.

About the North Carolina Preservation Consortium

NCPC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of collections in libraries, museums, archives, and historic sites; monuments, memorials, and outdoor art; archaeological sites and collections; historic and cultural architecture; and private collections of family treasures. Learn more about NCPC at www.ncpreservation.org

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Past Workshops

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