SAVE WATER-DAMAGED ART AND ARTIFACTS

Streaming video shows how

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Many water-damaged treasures can be saved! Heritage Preservation has released a free, online video guide demonstrating how to rescue soaked photographs, books, documents, and other valued items. This 10-minute streaming video provides professional advice that benefits families as well as museum and library staff. View the video at www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/WaterSegmentFG.HTM.

Excerpted from the award-winning Field Guide to Emergency Response, the video combines hands-on demonstrations of salvage techniques with straightforward advice from leading preservation experts. Practical information on safety, simple equipment, and salvage priorities help the viewer get started on the rescue of damaged items. Additional tips for saving family treasures are listed www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/SaveTreasuresRightWay.htm.

The Field Guide handbook and companion DVD were produced by Heritage Preservation in 2006 with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Now the Institute of Museum and Library Services has teamed with NEH and Heritage Preservation to make this segment of the DVD easily accessible.

Heritage Preservation and the Heritage Emergency National Task Force have other helpful resources for the cultural heritage community, general public, and media at www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/TFcurrent.html.

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency created in 1965. It is the largest funder of humanities programs in the United States. For more information, visit www.neh.gov.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (www.imls.gov) is an independent federal grant-making agency dedicated to creating and sustaining a nation of learners by helping libraries and museums serve their communities.

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The Heritage Emergency National Task Force is a partnership of 40 government agencies and national service organizations formed in 1995. An initiative of Heritage Preservation and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Task Force has helped to protect cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies. Find valuable disaster resources at the Task Force Web site, www.heritageemergency.org.

For more than 30 years, Heritage Preservation has been the national, nonprofit advocate for the proper care of the objects and sites that embody our history and enrich our lives. Heritage Preservation partners with institutions, organizations, and concerned individuals who care about preserving our past.

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