Press Release:
The Lyon County Museum, 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall is hosting the program, “Saving Your Stuff: How to Care for Art, Heirlooms, and Personal Collections” on Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 PM.
Learn about the “ten agents of deterioration” and how to preserve and protect the things you value. There will be a presentation followed by an open question and answer period. Recommendations for how to find additional resources will be provided at the event.
About the presenter:
Megan Brakob Narvey is the Outreach Conservator at the Minnesota Historical Society, where she provides guidance to individuals and local historical organizations on caring for collections big and small across the state of Minnesota.
Before coming to MNHS, Megan worked as an Objects Conservator at the Western Archaeological Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona, and as the Objects Conservation Fellow at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa Ontario.
Megan received a BA in chemistry from Carleton College, and an MA in Principles of Conservation and MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums from University College London.
The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact the Lyon County Museum at 507-537-6580 or [email protected].