Virtual Tours

12:20 PM – 12:55 PM (Pacific)
Tour: Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Heather Linville, Library of Congress
Kelly Chisholm, Library of Congress
Jami Judge Almeida, Library of Congress
David Gibson, Library of Congress
Mike Mashon, Library of Congress

Located at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Culpeper, Virginia, the Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center is where the Library of Congress provides underground storage for its moving image and audio collections, together with facilities for the acquisition, cataloging and preservation of all audio-visual formats. In this virtual tour, learn about the acquisition and processing of copyright deposit and gift collections, then take a virtual tour of film lab operations. NAVCC staff will be available to take your questions.

12:20 PM – 12:55 PM (Pacific)
Tour: Academy Museum
Bill Kramer, Academy Museum

Take a tour of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures with museum director and president, Bill Kramer. Catch a sneak peak of the new museum, see floor plans and renderings, and hear about programming plans.

12:20 PM – 12:55 PM (Pacific)
Tour: George Eastman Museum Nitrate Vault
Deborah Stoiber, George Eastman Museum

Take a virtual tour of the George Eastman Museum nitrate vaults! See the inspection area in action as well as the cold vault storage space and how the films are organized. You can watch the tour ahead of time at  or during the presentation. Afterwards we will have time for questions as well as an update on how we are improving the vaults energy efficiency through a grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.