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Learn to Care for Your Belongings

Be part of caring for cultural heritage. Learn about working with experts, find professionals to care for important heirlooms and objects, and expand your conservation knowledge!

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Caring for Belongings

Proper care and maintenance of your family heirlooms and works of art ensures that they are available for future generations to enjoy. Learn what steps you can take to extend their lifespan with tips and advice on display and storage.

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Conservation Outreach

Learn about how you can be involved in sharing information about conservation and explore ways to educate your community about conservation and preservation efforts.

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Friends of Conservation

Interested in getting monthly updates about what's going on in the conservation world? Become a Friend of Conservation and receive a newsletter about topics in conservation and preservation every month! 

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Find a Conservation Professional

Our Professional Members are a distinguished group of conservation and preservation professionals who have successfully completed our peer-reviewed application process. It is an important credential that signals a high level of commitment to ethical practice, engagement with current research and active participation in the field.

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Hiring a Conservation Professional

Need further assistance but not sure where to start? We can help you select a qualified conservation professional who can provide sound, ethical preservation services for your art objects, artifacts, and other items of historic and cultural value.

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Conservation in Social Media

Follow our accounts on your social media platforms to get real-time updates on projects in conservation, opportunities to attend conservation programming, and see what practitioners are up to! Plan to participate in Ask a Conservator Day and get your questions about conservation answered by conservators around the world.

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