Should Artifact Replicas Be Allowed in Museums?

Опубликовано 22 сентября 2025, 14:00

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?

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