California State Archives Preservation Workshop
The Preservation Workshop will be on hold in 2025 and return in 2026. We look forward to hosting cultural heritage workers in learning hands on skills for conservation and preservation techniques for paper.
All workstations, tools, materials, and training are provided, completely free of charge. Preservation Workshop staff will provide hands-on instruction on:
- Paper Surface Cleaning
- Paper Flattening
- Preparation of Wheat Paste and Methylcellulose
- Mending Tears
- Paper Edge Reinforcement
- Mending Tears in Book Pages
- Mending Torn Photos
- Encapsulation by Hand
Application Information
All applicants must be employed full-time, part-time, or voluntarily at an archive, library, museum, or other historic/genealogy-related institutions, and in need training for the long term, physical, care of paper-based collections, which is their primary/secondary responsibility at their respective workplace. Space is limited. Not all who apply are guaranteed a spot. Selection is based on need. Please state your case in your application. Often multiple applicants from the same institution apply, but there may be space for only one representative from each institution. *Please specify which workshop (Spring or Fall) you are applying for.
If you have further questions, please contact CSApreservation@sos.ca.gov.
