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I’m Stephanie Carter and here at the museum, I spend my time in the conservation lab with conservator, Corey Smith.  I’m going to give you a sneak peak into the work I do for the museum, and tell you what … Continue reading →

Are there hidden dangers in your museum collection?  When it comes to health and safety sometimes you can’t even see the most dangerous elements.  Did you know that from the 1700’s to the 1970’s heavy metals, such as arsenic and … Continue reading →

Adaptability and flexibility are crucial when you are working a museum that is short on space, so when it became apparent that we needed a larger support for photographing textiles Greg Palumbo, the exhibits coordinator, jumped to action to help … Continue reading →

The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum was honored to host a museum workshop last week titled “Emergency Preparedness, Response and Salvage in Museum Collections.”  We invited two conservators to come down to the Hollywood reservation and teach the course at the Native Learning … Continue reading →

Hello, my name is Corey Smith and I am the conservator here at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. We are extremely lucky to have a conservation position at the Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, because most museums of our size do not have the ability to have this position. Since one of the main goals of our museum is to preserve Seminole Cultural Heritage, conservation is an important component to have at the museum.
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