Smithsonian Institution's Archives celebrate American Archives Month 2010 with Smithsonian Archives Fair Friday, October 22

"The Smithsonian's archives celebrate 'October is American Archives Month' with a Smithsonian Archives Fair Friday, October 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the concourse of the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center at 1100 Jefferson Drive S.W. in Washington, D.C. The event will feature a lecture series on projects and research based on Smithsonian collections, informational displays from more than a dozen Smithsonian archives and an Ask the Smithsonian program with hands-on consultations and preservation tips from experts such as archivists, librarians, museum specialists and conservators to teach local-area residents how to care for items they have tucked away in the attics, closets and basements of their homes"