Friday, August 31, 2018

What are Flexible Magnets?

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You know them and we bet you even own a few! We're talking about flexible magnets, also sometimes called refrigerator magnets, which fir...
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Thursday, July 5, 2018

Beep, Beep! Car in the Studio!!

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One never knows what one might find in the conservator's studio. Last month it happened to be a car. Yes, that's right. And as you m...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

A Tricolor in the canton of a Civil War National Color

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It's Flag Day, June 14, and there is interesting history to go with an artifact being conserved this summer at Spicer Art Conservation. ...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Beware “Fake” Dust Masks and Respirators

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As part of a FEMA team deployed to Puerto Rico, Gwen is volunteering her conservation expertise this spring to cultural institutions that...
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Friday, May 18, 2018

Conserving the Details From a Poet's Life

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Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1914 A conservator's work often entails dealing with art and artifacts that span the spectrum from th...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Successfully Mounting Barkcloth with Magnets

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A few months ago I was fortunate to have a visit with Monique Pullan , a conservator of organic artifacts at the British Museum . I was inte...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Hands-on magnet experiments that look closely at particle size

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One of my local museums, MiSci , in Schenectady, New York, is a popular hands-on science oriented museum. During my last visit, I was greatl...