Kick off National Preservation Week by attending the Preservation Week Road Show at the History Center. Learn about the value of historic objects in your family collections and how to best care for and preserve them from appraisers and collection conservators.

We have assembled valued professionals in their fields to provide free one-on-one consultations. Guests register for specific time slots for the road show and choose from the wide list of experts. Appointments are available from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Make a ticketed timed reservation or call (317) 232-1882.

Free informative programs will be offered throughout the day.

Indiana State Library, Room 401
10:45 a.m. How to Use the State Library
11 a.m. How to Use the State Archives, Alan January, Director of Patron Services, Indiana State Archives

History Center, William H. Smith Memorial Library
11:30 a.m. How to Use Family History Resources and NewspaperArchives.com, Suzanne Hahn, Vice President, IHS Library and Archives

History Center, Multipurpose Room
1:30 p.m. To Give and to Receive, Sharon A Smith Theobald, Appraisal Associates International
2:15 p.m. Bling! 101, Catherine Folger, The Jewelry Judge, Appraiser
2:45 p.m. The Characteristics of Value, J. Scott Keller, J. Scott Keller, Personal Property Appraiser
3:15 p.m. The Work of a Conservator, Katherine Lechuga, Book Conservator, IHS

In addition, guests who register will have the opportunity to tour the Indiana Experience, including the W. Brooks and Wanda Y. Fortune History Lab, which features methods used by conservation staff to safely apply tissue paper mends to paper tears.