What is the best way to protect artifacts in a case? This is a question we get asked a lot. The answer depends on a number of factors, but let’s keep things simple. There are four major factors that will cause objects to degrade when they are in a case environment for long periods of time. They are ultraviolet radiation, …
Backwards History: Leading with the Story to Bring the Holidays to Life
A local museum, Art and History Museums Maitland, recently called us with an interesting project. They had committed to making the theme of their historic property representative of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” for the holiday season. They needed a material historian who specializes in the Victorian era. More specifically, they needed someone who was familiar with the period between 1844 …