#AskAConservator Day

 This information was sent to me via email about the international Ask A Conservator Day.


Conservators around the world are participating in #AskAConservator Day on November 18. SCAA is supporting the Canadian Association of Professional Conservators (CAPC) to join in this international conversation, in order to reflect the breadth and depth of the work of conservators, archivists and museum professionals in Canada.

Do you have any questions you'd like to #AskAConservator? If so, we invite you to email them to liaison@capc-acrp.ca by November 16. Your question will be answered by a qualified conservator and posted in a series of short news articles on the CAPC website on November 18. Ask us anything! Last year, CAPC answered questions on how to preserve tintypes, how to unroll curled photos, what to do about yellowed textiles, recommendations on museum software, what issues to be aware of when hiring a clock repairer, and conservators spoke about the most challenging thing they have ever worked on (available in English only. Questions were answered in the language in which they were received).

You can also follow https://www.facebook.com/SCAArchivists, https://twitter.com/SCAA_Advisor and the hashtag #AskAConservator to see all questions and answers.

CAPC also invites you to visit www.capc-acrp.ca at anytime to use the Find A Conservator search tool, find out more about conservation, and obtain information on how to select a conservator.

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