Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
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CCAHA Presents the Online Debut of Its A RACE AGAINST TIME: PRESERVING OUR AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA Video Series
CCAHA presented its audiovisual preservation program A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media in 8 U.S. cities over several years. Now we are excited to present our new audiovisual (AV) media preservation video series based on the content from those programs. This video series will provide an ongoing web-based preservation resource to those who are responsible for heritage audiovisual collections but were unable to attend the live conferences.
Click here to view A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media Video Series.
"Imagining Our Future: Preserving Pennsylvania's Collections" now available on-line
CCAHA, in partnership with PHMC, PFMHO, and Lyrasis, has completed a one-year study of the conditions and needs of Pennsylvania’s collecting institutions. An IMLS Statewide Planning Grant project, the final document includes a five-year preservation plan to improve collections care throughout the state.
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CCAHA specializes in the treatment of art and historic artifacts on paper and provides preservation education, training, and consultation. Established in 1977, CCAHA is the largest nonprofit regional conservation lab in the country.
Mark your calendars! Our 2010 programs have been announced!
Ingrid Bogel, CCAHA's Executive Director, recently returned from Austria where she made the case for preservation and conservation
In Austria she joined an international group of cultural leaders, conservation and preservation specialists who work with museums and libraries, representatives of conservation training institutions and associations as well as cultural policymakers to engage in an open exchange of views on optimizing collection conservation.
The latest issue features essays on preserving works by Joseph Cornell and the Fine Art of Housing and Framing.