May
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May 28, 2010
Castle Tucker parlor wallpaper restored
Historic New England's conservation team recently restored the wallpaper in the parlor at Castle Tucker. read more...
May 26, 2010
Historic New England receives 2010 preservation award from Secretary Galvin
Honored for 100 years of preserving and promoting history read more...
May 24, 2010
A visit from the English Ceramics Circle
Ceramics specialists visit Historic New England's storage facility to view the ceramics collection. read more...
Window preservation completed at Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House
One hundred and sixty-nine sash windows have been restored at Beauport. read more...
May 21, 2010
Big pigs return from winter vacation
Pigs Big Dave and Little Romeo returned to the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm this spring. read more...
Maintaining and preserving your historic house museum
How to preserve and maintain your historic house museum was the main focus of a presentation made by Benjamin Haavik, team leader of property care, to the New England Museum Association’s (NEMA) Curators Professional Affiliation Group on May 10, 2010. read more...
May 19, 2010
Historic New England museum guides ready for a new season
Historic New England museum guides were trained for a new season in May 2010. read more...
Third graders visit Hamilton House
On May 13 and 14, Hamilton House staff welcomed 120 third graders from the South Berwick Central School. read more...
May 18, 2010
Portraits go home to Langdon House
In preparation for the open house season, members of the collection services team recently installed seven portraits at the Gov. John Langdon House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. read more...
May 15, 2010
Environmental conditions in historic house museums
On May 14, Conservator John Childs and Team Leader of Property Care Benjamin Haavik presented at the annual conference of the America Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) on the use of mechanical systems in historic house museums to mitigate extremes of relative humidity (RH). The presentation reviewed the failures of complex systems installed in the 1990s to achieve a strict 45% RH and discussed their current work funded by IMLS to simplify four of those systems. read more...
