UNBOXED: How to Handle and Store Artifacts

Описание: Kristen Hayashi, PhD, the Director of Collections Management and Access and a curator at the Japanese American National Museum, delves into how collections staff handles and stores three-dimensional artifacts within the museum's permanent collection. Proper object handling and storage are the first steps to ensuring long term preservation of artifacts. As keeper of your family treasures, you can incorporate these basic best practices into care for your own artifact collection.

Learn more about JANM's permanent collection here:
https://blog.janm.org/2020/06/03/insi...
http://janm.org/collections

UNBOXED: With over 100,000 objects in JANM’s permanent collection, every artifact has a story to tell about the people, places and events from America’s past and the Japanese American experience. Unboxed is a series of short videos that highlight the artifacts and stories in JANM’s collection.

This video is presented in partnership with Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage by Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages (https://www.jampilgrimages.com/virtua....

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