Have you or someone you know recovered an item from the Marshall Fire burn areas? Want to learn about preserving your family photos to protect them for the future? Have a story to share about the Marshall Fire? You're invited to these free, drop-in workshops to learn how to clean and stabilize fire-damaged items from professional conservators, digitize family photos, and share your story.

The workshops will take place at the Louisville Public Library (951 Spruce St.) in the Meeting Room and Upstairs Study Rooms between 2 and 4 PM on the following dates:

Saturday, May 28
Sunday, May 29
Saturday, June 25
Saturday, July 30
Saturday, August 27

Each workshop will have three stations:

Care & Cleaning of Fire-Damaged Items: Insight from professional conservators about how to clean, stabilize, and preserve items damaged in the Marshall Fire by ash, smoke, fire, wind, and snow. Free conservation kits available.

Digitize Photos: Scanning and preserving family photos for the future. Bring your photos or learn best practices for preserving them at home.

Tell Your Story: Record or film your story about the Marshall Fire so it can be documented for the future. This is a safe space to share. Individuals and groups welcome. Facilitation available in English and Spanish.