With Museum Registrar, Baha Jubeh

Monday, 5 August, 10:00–14:00
Place: the Palestinian Museum

The Palestinian Museum will hold a workshop on archive conservation and preservation, with the aim of acquainting interested institutions and individuals with the Museum’s Conservation for Digitisation project. It is also an opportunity to share and exchange experience and knowledge with institutions that work in the field of archiving, and to raise awareness as to the importance of the conservation of archive collections in Palestine.

The workshop will include practical training in the handling, conservation and preservation of archive materials, as well as their digitisation and archival for public access.

Workshop Programme:
10:00–11:00  A talk on the Conservation for Digitisation project and introduction to archive preservation
11:00–12:00  Overview of conservation and preservation materials and how they are used
12:00-12:15   Coffee break
12:15–13:00  Open discussion and exchange among participants
13:00–14:00  Tour of conservation laboratory with an overview of the conservation, digitisation, and archiving processes 

Please register by send an email to: activities@palmuseum.org with ‘Visual art critique workshop’ in the subject line.

Deadline for application: 24 July 2019