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Listen to Your Heirlooms
2025-04-28 18:30:00 2025-04-28 20:30:00 America/Chicago Listen to Your Heirlooms Learn some of the basic principles and techniques of material culture research in the context of family heirlooms.  Ela Area Public Library - Meeting Room A and B (R117)

Monday, April 28
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-28 18:30:00 2025-04-28 20:30:00 America/Chicago Listen to Your Heirlooms Learn some of the basic principles and techniques of material culture research in the context of family heirlooms.  Ela Area Public Library - Meeting Room A and B (R117)

Ela Area Public Library

Meeting Room A and B (R117)

Learn some of the basic principles and techniques of material culture research in the context of family heirlooms. 

Discover strategies for investigating, preserving, and communicating the meaning of family heirlooms using 21st-century resources. Attendees are welcome to bring their own items for discussion.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures and Performances |

TAGS: | preservation-week | genealogy |

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