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青铜门协会为博物馆的新可能性铺平了道路！

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Zeiss Axioscope 5 Microscope, equipped with transmitted and reflected bright field, dark field, polarization, and UV fluorescence. In the lab, mounted with Axiocam 305 camera with workstation and ZEN imaging software. Image credit: The Mariners’ Museum and Park.

My pitch to The Bronze Door Society during the annual project selection dinner last fall dressed as Sherlock Holmes (and complete with an impeccable English accent, if I do say so myself) was well worth it. After months of anticipation, the Batten Conservation Complex’s new microscope, one of the projects funded by The Bronze Door Society, has finally arrived! (to learn more about The Bronze Door Society, go here: //m.boxorats.com/bronze-door-society/).

新的Zeiss Axioscope 5将允许保护者和科学家以极化的光，黑暗和明亮的田间照明以及紫外线可见荧光以高放大倍率查看样品。这些分析功能与我们的新工作站，相机和成像软件结合使用，将使我们能够查看，捕获和共享以前无法在内部获得的信息。阅读更多

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I-Arghhhh: The Use of an Infrared (IR) Camera in Conservation

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Valentine viewed by the camera in ‘visible’ light (light our eyes can detect). (Image credit: The Mariners’ Museum and Park)

Last month, Dr. Molly McGath and I unveiled conservation’s infrared camera to the public during the ‘Be My Mariner’ event. Visitors created Valentines for their special someones, and included a ‘secret’ message that only our IR camera could reveal.

The event was a lot of fun, and it was great to see all of the creative and clever ideas kids (and their parents!) came up with for their Valentines.阅读更多

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Every Little Thing: A Look at an Artifact’s Pit-stop in Conservation before Going out on Loan

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Needles from sailmaker’s needle case. Photo credit: Paige Schmidt, The Mariners’ Museum and Park.

Hello again, Mariners. If you don’t remember me, I’m the museum’s Assistant Objects Conservator. Recently, I’ve been working on several items that are going out on loan to various institutions next year. While only a couple of these projects will be very treatment intensive (probably more on those later…), I thought I’d share an example of the routine care and due diligence paid to every artifact prior to loan. Every little consideration is important to ensure the safety of an object while it is being appreciated elsewhere.

Our Collections Manager, Jeanne, asked me to look at this sailmaker’s needle case and needles (accessioned in 1934), which was requested for loan by the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown for an upcoming exhibit.阅读更多

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Contributions from Conservation: More than Meets the Eye

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While hands-on treatment of artifacts is a regular part of a conservator's job, conservation encompasses a whole lot more than just treatment. In addition to assisting with the preventive care of the collection (i.e. avoiding the need for treatment as much as possible by regulating the environment in which artifacts exist), we can also provide insights into the history of an object, help objects tell their stories, and sometimes literally 'unlock' their secrets.

While hands-on treatment of artifacts is a regular part of a conservator's job, conservation encompasses a whole lot more than just treatment. In addition to assisting with the preventive care of the collection (i.e. avoiding the need for treatment as much as possible by regulating the environment in which artifacts exist), we can also provide insights into the history of an object, help objects tell their stories, and sometimes literally 'unlock' their secrets.

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