Not the ideal place for this question but I am not sure where else to ask.
I recently came into the possession of some historical newspapers from my 95 year old Great Aunt but don't really know what to do with them. There are more that I have not yet photographed but they are all from the space race era. Are libraries interested in preserving/displaying this stuff? I realize display is not ideal but it seems a shame to have them forgotten in a box again. Can they be safely displayed? I have other Apollo 11 stuff my dad gave me.
Are libraries interested in preserving/displaying this stuff?
In general, yes! It depends on the archive - if they are focused on, say, the history of space travel or science, they will likely be interested in having newspapers documenting a significant scientific/space-related event; if they are focused on the history of a specific town/county/state, they will likely be interested in having newspapers from that town/county/state. However, the bigger the event, the more likely that the latter sort of archive already has a copy of that specific newspaper, and that the former has enough artifacts relating to coverage of the event to not need that specific paper. It's worthwhile to contact relevant museums or archives, but be aware that they might not want it.
I think /u/caffarelli is better placed than I to answer specifics about how to display/store paper artifacts.
In addition to what u/chocolatepot said, you could also look into whether your state historical society(eis) have a newspaper library of some sort. Many do, and though they've often got archives of a whole run of papers, it may be worth checking to see if they have holes in their collection that need to be filled.