War Heritage Roadshow

Australia's experience of war, especially in the First and Second World Wars, helped shape our sense of ourselves as a nation and as a community with a distinctive ethos and way of life. To provide opportunities for future generations to understand, investigate and value these experiences, we must ensure that significant material relating to Australia's war heritage is preserved, not just in official national and state institutions, but also in personal, family and community collections.

Department of Premier and Cabinet - Veterans Branch and the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation will deliver a series of free workshops for the public across Victoria. The workshops will bring Australia's leading experts in preservation for a two-day line-up of free workshops and information sessions.
Details are available at the website. 
Bookings are essential.
Further event days may be scheduled, but currently the dates and locations are:

• PROV/Victorian Archives Centre, 99 Shiel St, North Melbourne on Friday 31st March and Saturday 1st April

• Art Gallery of Ballarat, 40 Lydiard St North, Ballarat on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th April

• St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, 8 Myers St, Bendigo on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th April

The first day is dedicated to Consultations from 10am to 4pm, with bookings for free 20 minute individual sessions with one of the experts.

The memorabilia (no weapons or munitions, for advice on these bring a photo only) brought in to these sessions will be photographed, as a documentary record of the workshops. Observer tickets are also available.

The war heritage roadshow team will also deliver information sessions on how to research your family's military history and a series of conservation demonstrations:Metals cleaning, Disaster preparedness and recovery for the home, Archival framing, Dry cleaning of paper memorabilia, Packing & transport of framed works, and Padded supports for textiles.

The second day is Activity Day

Talk: Caring for wartime memorabilia

Demonstration & information sessions: Brush vacuuming & insect checking of textiles/uniforms, Cleaning & care of framed works, Removing photographs from magnetic albums, Archival storage of paper memorabilia, Mould cleaning of paper memorabilia, Cleaning & care of framed works, Packing & transport of framed works, Removing photographs from magnetic albums, Cleaning of metals, and Researching family military history.

All sessions will run for approximately 15 minutes.

Enquiries Email: warheritageroadshow@gmail.com