Bombs Away
During World War II, the US Army Air Force would practice bombing runs in preparation for battle. They had designated bombing ranges where pilots could drop the bombs ...
Gerald Ford Conservation Center
What We Found
Restoring Nebraska’s Suffrage History
As you've no doubt heard by now, the Nebraska History Museum is celebrating the opening of a new exhibit later this month. The Ford Conservation Center helped to restore ...
Can You Dig It?
The Ford Center is also currently treating some archeological objects that will be used in the Nebraska History Museum's upcoming exhibit on Nebraska archeology, ...
Fit for a King
Not every piece that comes into the Ford Center gets treated right away. Sometimes there is a backlog that builds up if a lot of work comes in to the labs, but ...
Simons’ Sketches
The Ford Conservation Center has been treating a series of sketches by Iowa artist George Simons. The sketches were gifted by a private donor to PACE (Pottawatomie Art ...
Transfiguration
Over the summer, Kenneth Bé, Ford Center Paintings Conservator, spent a week in a little town in Kansas. Surrounded by the beauty of the Kansas plains, Kenneth worked ...
Light Damage
Exposure to visible and ultraviolet radiation can be a significant factor in the survival of objects. All wavelengths of radiation provide energy for deterioration ...
Cool It! Using Relative Humidity to Protect Collection Materials
Preserving the life of collections objects is not easy. One of the best ways to make sure they last as long as possible is to manage the temperature and relative ...
What’s Bugging You?
We are all familiar with the difficulties of avoiding pest infestations in our homes and offices. All buildings are in need of pest control. Developed for the ...
A New Life for an Old Painting
On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman filed the one of the first claims under the Homestead Act of 1862 in what is now Beatrice, Nebraska. When the Freemans built a cabin ...
Saving Slickers
The staff in the Objects Lab at the Ford Center had an extraordinary challenge this year. They were presented with a group of twelve archeological rubber raincoats, ...
Conserving a 224-Year-Old Gift Given to Chief Blackbird
When this document arrived at our Ford Conservation Center, it was in pretty rough shape. Thankfully, Hilary LeFevere, our expert Paper Conservator at the Ford Center, ...
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