What We’re Watching: The Repair Shop –...

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Post date 02/18/2021
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A blog post by Director of Collections and …

Tags collections, conservation, Joanna Church, restoration, television, the repair shop

Mendes’ Star Spangled Banner

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Post date 08/14/2014
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A blog post by Program Manager Trillion Attwood. …

Tags collections, conservation, exhibits, flags, Mendes Cohen, The Amazing Mendes Cohen, Trillion Attwood

Artifact Conservation: Preserving Unique Treasures

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Post date 06/11/2014
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More than a dozen real artifacts will be …

Tags collections, conservation, fundraising, Mendes Cohen, The A-Mazing Mendes Cohen

From Flat to Fluffy: The Conservation of...

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Post date 11/07/2013
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If you are too young to know about …

Tags American Institution of Conservation, Breck shampoo, collections, conservation, exhibitions, Jobi Zink, Julia Brennan, Passages Through the Fire, preservation, Rabbi Benjamin Szold, Textiles

Preserving the Past: The Challenges that Museums...

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Post date 06/28/2013
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A blog post by Archaeology Intern Erin Pruhs. …

Tags collections, conservation, Erin Pruhs, interns, National Museum of American History Smithsonian, objects, preservation, The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House