How You Can Help
You can help us in many ways.
You may live far from Konavle and maybe have no intention of visiting here, but you can still help us.
Find people
We are trying to reach people who are descended from Konavle emigrants. If you know of such people who may have an interest in our goals, please put them in touch with us.
We are looking for Croatian and Slavic clubs throughout the world — Chile, Australia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, South Africa, New Zealand, etc. We would like to contact these clubs to see if they can help us find Konavle diaspora. If you know of any of these clubs or organizations, please put us in touch.
Photos of emigrants
We are collecting old photos of Konavle emigrants. We collect digital images only — no original photos. Please send us digital copies of your old photos. See here for instructions on copying and sending images.
Photos of artifacts
You may have old artifacts or objects that once belonged to your emigrant ancestors. Please send us photos of these objects. Old postcards, old letters written to or from the old country, old items of clothing, ribbons or medals, embroidery or crochet, tools used in their work, any objects that originated in the old country, etc. Contact us first, describing what you have. We will then explain how to photograph or copy these objects, and how to send us the images.
Donating artifacts
We encourage people to take good care of their precious old objects and photos. But if you are ever looking for a good home for them, please consider physically sending them to our care. We would accession them into our museum collection, and see that they are properly curated. Our museum collection of artifacts is used in our own exhibitions, and professionally loaned to other archives and museums for their exhibitions.
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You can also help us by becoming a member or donating. See here.
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