National Treasures: Where America’s Historical Artifacts Are Being Preserved (Well ... For Now)
3,627Note: The NPS Museum Conservation Lab's future is uncertain; it had its lease canceled by Doge, then extended by one year only.
We are THRILLED to debut the first in our series of videos from the National Park Service museum conservation lab, part of the Harpers Ferry Center in West Virginia! The lab works on artifacts from all U.S. national parks, treating everything from textiles and paper to wood and metals to leather and plastic. Textile conservation post-graduate fellow Maeve O'Shea and objects conservation post-graduate fellow Daisy Greenwell kick things off for Adam Savage by introducing him to a deteriorated 1860s flag with a colorful history, describing the condition (and mysteries!) of the flag when they received it, and how they're restoring it to some of its former glory. We hope (and think!) you'll enjoy this fascinating dive into history and science as much as we did!
The flag featured is owned by the Gettysburg Foundation and comes from the Collection of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia.
National Park Museum Conservation Lab: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/museum-conservation-services.htm
National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
Follow the NPS Museum Conservation Lab here: https://www.instagram.com/conservation_hfc_nps/
If you'd like to support the work of the NPS museum conservation lab, you can do so -- indirectly -- by visiting national park(s), writing to your representatives about your support for the National Park Service and its museum conservation lab, or donating to the National Park Conservation Association (https://www.npca.org/), a nongovernmental nonprofit that supports the NPS' work.
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