Creighton Side Saddle – Continued
When we last left the Creighton side saddle, it was in a sorry state. It had been brought to the Ford Conservation Center for treatment in hopes that it could be ...
Gerald Ford Conservation Center
What We Found
Creighton Side Saddle – The Big Reveal
The treatment of the Creighton Side Saddle included many different types of materials, a variety of repair methods, and over 100 hours to complete! Some of the most ...
“The Artist”
When a fire damaged Lila Vamosi's drawing "The Artist," she turned to our Gerald Ford Conservation Center to restore it. Although it still shows some scars, they now ...
New Look, New Conservation Guide
The History Nebraska Conservation Division has a new name, new look, and new ways to help you preserve your own collections.
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Curtain Call
Many of the rural opera houses that once covered Nebraska are gone, but their painted curtains are often still around. Our Ford Conservation Center recently restored the ...
A Tale of Two Ships
Normally our Ford Conservation Center's Gerald Ford exhibit is open by appointment only, but when Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Chris Tysor showed up they decided to make ...
Promoter of Peace
The Objects Lab at the Ford Center recently treated a interesting frame for a painting of Logan Fontenelle. It is a large, wooden frame for the portrait by artist ...
Ledger Art
142 years can put a lot of wear and tear on a leather-bound diary. Our Ford Conservation Center fixed it up and preserved both the original diary entries and the Native ...
Ledger Art Continued
Last month, we showed the first steps of repairing a soldier's diary that also contained Native American ledger art. The leather case (covers and spine) ...
Scenes from Norway
It was a challenge, but our Ford Conservation Center helped the Wikel family preserve their grandfather's 116-year-old oil landscape paintings.
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Immaculate Conservation
Much has been made over the last several years over “restoration” work performed by untrained people. First there was the fiasco of the fresco “Ecce Homo” in the ...
Horses of a Different Color
It's always satisfying to see a restored piece come out of the Painting Lab, but this work we did for the Frontier Army Museum really brought this painting back to ...
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