Working for over 1-year to conserve the Victor West Collection, Ciara Van Velsor curated the exhibit on display in the Mabel Hansen Gallery.

How the Collection used to be stored - negatives wrapped in acidic paper, stored in metal boxes. Prints glued to a notebook and along with many other items.

Digitized images of the negatives and prints are now stored on archival CD-ROM's. Original negatives and prints are now stored in protective sleeves within acid free storage cartons. The writings and images of Victor West are now in a digital format - files in a Museum industry standard database.

As a tribute to Victor West, his portrait along with an Outstanding Citizen Award from the City of North Bend accompany the exhibit.

22 images from the over 30,000 piece Collection are currently on display.

The Collection is available for research to historians, artists and anyone who is interested in the Maritime history of Oregon's South Coast.