Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago

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At the Leo Baeck Institute, preserving history means getting creative—especially with fragile, oversized, or uniquely shaped objects.

In Part 2 of our behind-the-scenes series, Lauren Paustian, Registrar and Collections Care Manager, shows how we think outside the box to protect everything from newspapers to Moses Mendelssohn’s eyeglasses.

Stay tuned for a closer look at the eerie beauty of the Ernst Toller death mask, how we store our coin collections, or find out how Hebrew pocket calendars were used.

🔍 Watch now to see the custom solutions that keep the past intact.
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