Safety First
"Caution, May Be Loaded" label on box containing firearm.
Not only do conservators need to protect the objects in their care, they especially need to keep ...
Ford Center
What We Found
A Brush with Infamy
The staff at History Nebraska, including staff at the Ford Center, have spent the last year or so talking a lot about "curiosity". We've had workshops and discussions ...
Trash to Treasure
This Great Depression Era hand-painted ad for Advo Coffee was in bad shape when it arrived at our Ford Conservation Center.
It was split into pieces, warped, and ...
Restoring Willa Cather’s Attic Bedroom Wallpaper
Recently, Hilary LeFevere, Paper Conservator at our Ford Conservation Center, and Megan Griffiths, Technician, spent the week in Red Cloud, NE, working with the National ...
Journey of a Portrait
We often think that because we value something, it was always seen as valuable and worth keeping. Especially if that cherished object is old, we like to think that it ...
Fort Robinson Bullet
Not all the objects we treat at the Ford Center are beautiful works of art. Some tell darker and more tragic tales of our nation’s past. The object described here is a ...
Treating Douglas County Field Notes
Paper Conservator, Hilary LeFevere, recently completed treatment on two record books of survey field notes for Douglas County, Nebraska. Both books were in need of ...
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