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Mayday. Mayday. You never want to hear that international distress signal. But when you do, you want to have a plan …
We receive donations to our collection like certificates, panorama photographs and broadsides that have been rolled, which are difficult to …
My favorite part of working at IHS is the challenge of conserving objects and stabilizing them so that they can …
Conservators mend paper using a variety of techniques depending on the type of paper, media, or artifact that comes across …
Charles F. Bretzman was a prominent photographer in Indianapolis during the beginning of the 20th century. The Bretzman Photo Company, …
Preservation is central to the mission of the IHS year round, but we celebrate it just a little bit more …
For Indianapolis Colts: The Exhibit, the Conservation department assisted with preparing several textile artifacts for display. The most challenging objects …
The 3-D valentines in the current Love Always exhibition in the Rosemary McKeeLanham Gallery are beautiful and whimsical – and …
When five photo albums documenting the activities of the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Red Cross arrived in the conservation …
In preparation for Indiana Impressions: The Art of T.C. Steele, IHS conservators took to the roads of central Indiana to …
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