Minnesota Media Arts

A/V Preservation event

"Digitally Archive Your Recordings Before They Are Lost Forever"

Presented at the Pavek Museum August 3, 2024

Ron McCoy and Mark Stanley at the Pavek Museum: "Archiving is not just the media digitization,  but the planning and organization process that precedes it and the distribution or sharing plans that follow it." (photo credit: Craig Sinard)

Minnesota Media Arts was proud to be the first presenter in The Pavek Museum’s new lecture series Connecting Conversations. The series will feature presentations from various experts in the past, present, and future of electronic communication.

The first talk in the series was AV Preservation Basics: Digitally Archive Your Recordings Before They Are Lost Forever   by local media archivists Ron McCoy and Mark Stanley. We covered why archiving media is essential, gain valuable planning tips, and explore top resources. Use effective strategies to ensure your media is well-preserved and easily accessible.

Visit the our Preservation page at for suggested links to online archiving resources

This Seminar is a collaboration with The Pavek Museum

Minnesota Media Arts has entered into a supporting membership with the Pavek Museum. We strongly appreciate and encourage their continuing stewardship in preserving Minnesota’s broadcast radio and television heritage through their programming and museum operations.

Magnetic Media Crisis

MN Media Arts is taking a proactive Media Archive Advocacy role to deal with the following concerns:  

Magnetic Media Crisis: The majority of these early recordings are still on magnetic tape and have often been stored in conditions not designed for ensuring their stability and preservation. Existing collections are mostly in the hands of private individuals or organizations with limited resources to properly store, maintain or even catalogue the recordings. Entire generations of artistic work and cultural heritage are in imminent danger of being lost.  These magnetic recordings are deteriorating and after decades of neglect can be rendered unplayable.  

Media Equipment Crisis: The majority of early video formats; ½” EIAJ open reel, ¾” U-Matic videocassettes and 1” VTRs along with consumer VHS and Betamax VCRs are rapidly becoming obsolete. We are also experiencing a difficult time securing qualified operators and repair technicians. MNMA accepts qualified donations of functioning VHS and Betamax videocassette recorders.

Questions? Contact us via our online form.

Go to our Contact Form to connect about donating equipment.

Donate to support our MN Media Arts projects. Thank you.


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Minnesota Media Arts
Minneapolis, MN

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Phone: +1 (612) 361-7476

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