The November Lunchbox Lecture will be held Thursday November 9 at noon in the 4-H building on the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton. This month’s topic will be presented by Megan Narvey, Conservation Outreach Specialist at the Minnesota Historical Society. She will be presenting “Saving Your Stuff: How to Care for Art, Heirlooms, and Personal Collections.”
Learn about the “ten agents of deterioration” and how to preserve and protect the things you value. There will be a presentation followed by an open question and answer period. Recommendations for how to find additional resources will be provided at the event.
About the presenter: Megan Narvey is the Outreach Conservator at the Minnesota Historical Society, where she provides guidance to individuals and local historical organizations on caring for collections big and small across the state of Minnesota. Before coming to MNHS Megan worked as an Objects Conservator at the Western Archaeological Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona, and as the Objects Conservation Fellow at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa, Ontario. Megan Received a BA in chemistry from Carleton College and an MA in Principles of Conservation, and an MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums from University College London.
This program is sponsored by the Murray County Historical Society. The cost of the talk is $3.00 and Historical Society members get in free. Bring your lunch. Beverages are provided. For more information about this and other history programming call 507-836-6533 or email museum@ co.murray.mn.us
