# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Protect the photographs that matter most. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to properly care for and preserve your family images using professional archival techniques.

Guided by the Museum’s Curator, you will identify different photo types, recognize early signs of deterioration, and practice safe handling and storage methods used in museum collections. This is an active, skills-based session designed to give you practical experience, not just theory.

All participants will receive archival-quality supplies to use during the workshop and take home, including an archival clamshell O-ring storage box, 75 polypropylene sleeves for a range of photo sizes, and a Stabilo marking pencil.

You will leave with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to safeguard your photographs for years to come.

Preserving Your Past: Photographs
Saturday, June 27 | 2:00 pm
$120 HSWV members | $150 non-members
Registration required by June 4 | Space is limited
Register at https://square.link/u/7fUV3Ooz
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/roanoke/preserving-your-past-family-photographs/200030099290434
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Roanoke
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: O. Winston Link Museum
- **lat**: 37.273571
- **long**: -79.938241
- **full address**: O. Winston Link Museum, 101 Shenandoah Ave NE, Roanoke, VA 24016-2044, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs being held?
  - **A:** Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm at O. Winston Link Museum, 101 Shenandoah Ave NE, Roanoke, VA 24016-2044, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs?
  - **A:** Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs is organized by Historical Society of Western Virginia.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Roanoke, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Preserving Your Past: Family Photographs sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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