From Adam Savage’s Tested.

Note: The NPS Museum Conservation Lab’s future is uncertain; it had its lease canceled by Doge, then extended by one year only.

Sometimes museums need to replace an original artifact with a replica, as is the case of this traveling trunk once owned by Theodore Roosevelt. At @NationalParkService Museum Conservation Lab, wooden artifacts conservator Curtis Sullivan takes Adam Savage through the why and the how of this particular three-year build. Did YOU guess correctly which trunk was original?

National Park Museum Conservation Lab: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/museum-conservation-services.htm
National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
What Happens When Taxidermy Fails: https://youtu.be/_ovkiZfl9aw
Where America’s Historical Artifacts Are Being Preserved (Well … For Now): https://youtu.be/1lxSXvLGvcs
How to Wash a 157-Year-Old Newspaper: https://youtu.be/P3J-ToojchA
Adam Savage Makes "Leather" Out of Silicone: https://youtu.be/FWBP1_2Dyu8
Ouch! Here’s What Happened: https://youtu.be/L8MDAmCpzyA
Follow the NPS Museum Conservation Lab here: https://www.instagram.com/conservation_hfc_nps/

If you’d like to support the work of the NPS museum conservation lab, you can do so — indirectly — by visiting national park(s), writing to your representatives about your support for the National Park Service and its museum conservation lab, or donating to the National Park Conservation Association (https://www.npca.org/), a nongovernmental nonprofit that supports the NPS’ work.

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