Angel DeCora Portrait – Ford Conservation Center
One of the most important Native American artists of the early 20th century was born in Nebraska. Angel DeCora was born on May 3, 1871, on the Winnebago ...
Gerald Ford Conservation Center
What We Found
What’s more ghoulish than a historic mask of a long-dead celebrity?
What’s more ghoulish than a historic mask of a long-dead celebrity? Any mask of a long-dead celebrity with wrinkles, tears, missing ears, or discoloration – or at least ...
Preserving Your Family Papers
We receive calls and e-mails all the time asking us for advice on how to preserve family papers. Here are a few tips that will help to ensure your family's history is ...
Saving Face
Unusual objects have a way of showing up for treatment at the Ford Conservation Center. So in some ways the 69 masks by Nebraska artist Doane Powell were no surprise. ...
Inherent Vice
Imagine being responsible for a museum collection and coming across an artifact that appears to be melting before your eyes! That is exactly what happened at the Ford ...
One of Willa Cather’s Inspirations
We get a variety of objects that come in to the Ford Center for treatment. Most are from private clients, others come from museums and libraries, and some are from the ...
Preserving Puppets
Puppets generally fall along a scale from Muppets (adorable and cuddly) to Ventriloquist Dummy (unsettling and creepy). Thankfully, the twenty-eight puppets donated to ...
University of Omaha Football Photographs
Since 2006, October has been designated American Archives Month to raise awareness about the value and work of archives and archivists. To celebrate, we are sharing ...
Care, Preserve, Treat
In terms of preservation, the Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska, is one of the state’s best-kept secrets—and we’re trying to change that! We are the only ...
A Seat of Honor
The oak chair that had been sitting so long in our vault had been used in the House Chamber of the second Nebraska State Capitol. The first State Capitol was built in ...
A Story Shared
Even in larger cities like Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska always feels like a small town where everyone knows everyone else. And the mission statement of the Nebraska ...
Creighton University Side Saddle
Over the next three months, our blog posts will detail the history, condition, and treatment of a saddle that belongs to Creighton University. It is believed to have ...
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