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Archive: September 2024 (2 Posts)

A boy wears goggles and gloves standing at a workbench in a laboratory.

Is this going to work at all? My summer exploring the non-invasive analysis of organic colors.

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

American Chemical Society SEED intern David Kim waded into unknown terrain during his summer internship in the Preservation Research and Testing Division with the research question - would it be possible to identify traditional Meso-American organic yellow colors, using only non-invasive analytical methods?

Posted in: Collections Care, Heritage Science, Internships, Preservation

The same side of the cardboard box that had a missing section on the corner on the right side. The missing areas have been repaired and filled so that the side looks whole again.

Explainette!? A 1950’s Training Time Capsule

Posted by: Chloe Genter

A wholly unique object acts as a snapshot in time. The object - an Explainette, and its accompanying film, LPs, and booklets featured a variety of different materials and challenges. It came to the Conservation Division for treatment and housing so that it could be regularly displayed for visitors in the future.

Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Storage, Conservation, Preservation