The Preservation Project: Saving the Collection at the Southwest Museum of the American Indian
Follow the journey of the conservation process as a pair of Apache moccasins from the Southwest Museum collection is preserved for our shared future.
This ten minute video was produced to illustrate the many complex steps required to preserve the artifacts of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian and to introduce the unsung heroes behind the scenes of this mammoth undertaking.
Led by the Autry National Center's Senior Director of Collections Linda Strauss, the preservation effort at the Southwest Museum takes an unprecedented amount of care, organization, and above all, reverence for these objects that have been jeopardized by the antiquated conditions and insufficient storage of the Southwest Museum for decades.
The Southwest Museum of the American Indian currently holds one of the nation's most important artifact, library, and archive collections related to the American Indian. The collection is recognized around the world, and is a source of pride, validation, and empowerment for the American Indian community. In addition, the collection contains extensive holdings of pre-Hispanic, Spanish colonial, Latino, and Western American art and artifacts.
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