Materials Conservation

Preserving Heritage with Low Cost Documentation 2016-08

Cyark

2020 Hurricane Season Preparedness for Cultural Institutions

Disaster Response & Recovery

NCPTT prepares for the next inland oil spill

Spotlight on NCPTT Research

Discovering the consequences of fire suppression choice

NCPTT's Research

Proceedings of Preserving U.S. Military Heritage

World War II to the Cold War

Saving Wet Textiles After a Flood

Preservation in Practice: Disasters

Applying Polymer Science in Conservation

Podcast 97

Recursos Culturales y El COVID-19

La Preservación en la Práctica: Desastres

COVID-19 Basics: Re-Entry to Cultural Sites

Preservation in Practice: Disasters

COVID-19 Conceitos Básicos: Desinfecção Patrimônio Cultural

Preservação na Prática: Desastres

Cultural Resources and COVID-19

Preservation in Practice: Disasters

Covid-19 Conceptos Básicos: Desinfectar Materiales Históricos

Respuesta a Desastres y Recuperación: Coronavirus y Recursos Culturales

Covid-19 Basics: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Disaster Response and Recovery

Covid-19 Basics: Disinfecting Cultural Resources

Preservation in Practice: Disasters

Developing Pattern Recognition Software to Reconstruct Prehistoric Native American Pottery (2018-11)

University of South Carolina

Aura Hernandez Canedo Recognized at CIEC

Best poster at the Annual Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration

Conducting an Assessment of Wooden Parabolic Arch Trusses in a World War II Blimp Hanger

Preserving US Military Heritage Series

Conservation of a Vietnam-Era Aluminum Swift Boat for The National Museum of the United States Navy

Preserving U.S. Military Heritage Series

Outdoor Display Aircraft: Considering Costs and Benefits

Preserving U.S. Military Heritage Series

Conservation of the Iwo Jima Monument Parris Island for the United States Marine Corps

Preserving US Military Heritage Series

Plastics in Early Aircraft: Enclosing the Cockpit

Preserving US Military Heritage Series

Old Wood Windows, History’s Eyewitness

Graphic Story: Wood Windows

Call for Presentations and Posters – Preserving the Race for Space

Small Steps and Giant Leaps

Documentation Of Tenant Farming Houses

Photography and 3D Laser Scanning

Conserving Captain America: Using Klucel M on Comic Books at the Library of Congress

Podcast 89

Applying Scientific Rigor to Photogrammetric 3D Documentation for Cultural Heritage and Natural Science Materials (2018-03)

Multi-Functional High Performance “Green” Nanocomposite Coating For Metals (2018-05)

NCPTT Materials Conservation Fellowship

Fire Suppression on Cultural Resources

After the Fair: Preserving the Texaco Road Map Pavement at the New York State Pavilion

Shining Silver pt. 2: Presenting the History of Gorham Silver

Podcast 87

Symposium Interview with Joel Baker

Tourism and T Rex Tracks

Concrete Jungle: Conserving Canada’s Menagerie of Concrete Sculptures

3D Analysis and Visualization of Tideline Changes to Cellulosic Structures (2017-22)

Materials Conservation of Historic Paper Grant Research Report

Shining Silver Pt. 1: Conserving Objects for the Gorham Silver Exhibit

Podcast 86

When the Rust Settles, Convert It

Graphic Story: Rust Converters

Durability of Traditional and Modified Limewashes (2007-18)

by Sarah Marie Jackson, Tye Botting, and Mary Striegel

Handmade and Modern Brick: Durability of Limewash Recipes (2005-04)

Study on the Durability of Traditional and Modified Limewash Recipes

Are We There Yet? Preservation of Roadside Architecture and Attractions

Proceedings Publication Available for $45 via Friends of NCPTT

Conservators Attempt Cinematography

NCPTT's Analytical Suite Videos Coming Soon

Mortar, Unsung Hero of History

Graphic Story: Historic Lime Mortar and Historic Brick

Designing an Experiment with Crude Oil

Solutions for Oil Spill Response at Cultural Heritage Sites

Salts in Masonry: Experiment & Treatment

Experiment & Treatment

Constructing Historic Masonry Test Walls

Research into Efflorescence

Conservation Assessment and Experimental Mechanical Pinning Treatment of Petrified Sequoia Affinis Stumps at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado (2017-25)

Viable Method of Remedial Structural Repair

Wide Area 3D Profilometer

What's New at NCPTT

Bringing Back American Giants

Joel Baker

Gravestones Bite the Dust

Graphic Story: Hot Gravestones + Cold Water = Ruinous Damage

Get the Lead Out: Ammunition ID (2017-14)

LAMAR Institute, Inc.

Remediating Salt Attack in Earthen Structures (2017-13)

Mesilla Valley Preservation, Inc.

Low Energy Plasma Radiocarbon Sampling (2017-18)

Museum of New Mexico Foundation

Bringing Back American Giants

Concrete Jungle: Conserving Canada’s menagerie of concrete sculptures

Tourism & T. Rex Tracks: Sinclair Oil’s Dinoland and Dinosaur Valley State Park

A Sign of the Times: Delaware’s Historical Markers as Roadside Attractions and Artifacts

A Tale of Two Survivors: the Gettysburg and Atlanta Cycloramas

After the Fair: Preserving the Texaco Road Map Pavement at the New York State Pavilion

2018 NCPTT Internship Opportunities

Apply Now!

3D Documentation in Ladakh, India

Podcast 83

Mesilla Valley Preservation Develops Salt Kit

2015 PTT Grant Results

Getting Some Practice: Measuring Salt Content in Brick

Materials Conservation Internships

Consolidation, and Learning How Stones “Breathe”

Materials Conservation Summer Intern

Snakes, Humidity, and Polymers

Introduction: Materials Conservation Summer Intern

Remembering Dr. Frank Preusser

Senior Conservation Scientist

2017 Internships

Deadline March 17, 2017

Chelating agents for the removal of iron stains from marble: final observation

Materials Conservation Internship

Resetting Ground Supported Headstones 2017-04

Resetting Volume 3

Do Your Worst: Artificial Iron Staining of Marble – How to Guide

Materials Research Internships

Some Surprises: Research on Anti-graffiti Coatings for Marble

Materials Research Internships

Research on Sacrificial Anti-graffiti Coatings for Marble

Materials Research Internships

Continuing Research on Chelating Agents for Stain Removal on Marble.

Materials Research Internships

Comparative Study of Commercially Available Cleaners for use on Federally-issued Headstones

Veterans Affairs (VA), National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Report

PTT Grants

2017 Call for Proposals

Scientific Method and Experimental Design for Conservation Research

Videos hosted by Chandra Reedy

Striegel Receives Keck Award

for Education and Training

Potential Applications of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction and Impregnation for the Stabilization and Conservation of Industrial Heritage Artifacts (2016-02)

Rapid stabilization of ferrous metal artifacts

Spectral Imaging for Conservation: NCPTT’s Newest Workshop

Conservation Science Series

Bloody Buckets, Twice Drunk Beer, and Loser Gumbo: The Louisiana Dancehall Project

John Sharp

Dance Halls, Juke Joints, and Honky Tonks: Place Making and Cultural Sustainability Symposium

Speakers and Abstracts

A Context for Historic Texas Dance Halls: The development of the immigrant social halls in Texas and their place in the history of settlement, music, and culture

Patrick Sparks

Club Desire: The Downtown Club with the Uptown Ideas

Gail Lazaras

When “Business” Spells the Blues for a Popular Juke Joint: A Case of Cultural and Community Perseverance

Mary Allison Haynie

From the Ground Up, Key Points and Lessons Learned from Opening, Operating and Closing a Dancehall

Bernard Pearce

Money When You Need It: Proven Strategies for Creating a Building Reserves Fund

Hot Topics: What Dance Hall Owners Need to Know Right Now and Helpful Tools

Interpreting Juke Joints and African American Nightspots on the Mississippi Blues Trail

Betwixt and Between: Threatened Creole Dancehalls in the Agricultural Landscape of Louisiana

Deborah Rehn

National Register Documentation of South Louisiana Dance Halls

Emily Ardoin

Historic Texas Dance Halls: Their Music and Their Futures

Steve Dean

Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall

Lynn Mitchell

Simple Rapid Corrosion Tests With Quantitative Image Analysis for Materials Preservation (2015-08)

Incorporating Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)

Poles, Posts and Canoes: The Preservation, Conservation and Continuation of Native American Monumental Wood Carving (2014-09)

Native American Monumental Wood Carving

Towards Simpler, Cheaper, and Greener Iron Conservation (2014-08)

Greener Iron Conservation

Application of Genetic Sequencing for Comprehensive Analysis of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Mercury-Treated Museum Collections (2015-07)

Identifying bacteria in artifact degradation

Visualization of Chert Artifacts Using Reflectance Spectroscopy as a Preservation Provenance Technology (2015-05)

Analysis of Ice Age stone spear points

Dance Halls, Juke Joints, and Honky Tonks: Placemaking and Cultural Sustainability Symposium

Call for Presenters

Hard Water Effects on Granite Phase 2

Replication of Delaminated Ft. Morgan Cemetery Headstones

Hard Water Effects on Granite

Investigating the Harmful Effects of Irrigation Systems on Granite

NCPTT Launches Building Stone Database

New Online Resource for Preserving Stone Heritage

Mid-Century Modern Featured in Science Matters Broadcast

Study of the Gateway Arch Stains

Field Kit and Methodology for Salt Detection in Adobe

a 2015 PTT Grant

High Performance Nanocomposite Coatings for Metal Conservation

a 2015 PTT Grant

Using Eularian Video to Study Cultural Heritage Materials

2015 PTT Grant

Impingement of Rain Drops on a Tall Building (2000-12)

JAIC Online (2001-05)

Fiber Identification and Analysis for Conservation Workshop a Success

Participants learned methods of sampling and identification

Evaluating Injection Grouts

Getty Releases Laboratory and Field Test Manual for Injection Grouts

Laser Cleaning and Laser Scanning with Martin Cooper (Podcast 60)

The Challenges of Treating Delaminating Slate Headstones: New Treatments with New Materials

Confederates in the Cemetery: Federal Benefits & Stewardship

Nationwide Monument Conservation at National Cemeteries: Planning, Management, and Treatment Implementation

Conserving the Nation’s Gravesite: Treatment of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery

Reimagining August Bloedner’s 32nd Indiana Infantry Monument (1862)

Photogrammetric Documentation of Weathered and Damaged Headstones at the Cataraqui Cemetery,Kingston Ontario

Fragile Grounds: Mapping South Louisiana’s Cemeteries

Handcrafted Gravemarkers of Julius “Jesse” Thomas

Made from My Own Hand: An Introduction to Concrete Grave Markers

In Small Things Remembered: The William Peters Reeves Grave Memorial at Kenyon College

Equipment for Xeroradiography Center at the University of Arizona (2014-06)

Maintaining Leadworks for Cemetery Monuments and Mausolea

Red Jacket: Sculpture Conservation Treatment in Forest Lawn Cemetery

Portland Cement Vs Historic Gravestones

Returning From Oblivion: The Reemergence of a World War II Memorial Sundial

Modern Problems in Historic Cemeteries

Finding Avondale: Remote Sensing for an Unmarked Cemetery in Difficult Subsurface Conditions

Down to Earth: Conservation Decision-Making for Historic Cemeteries

The Cycle of Use, Neglect, and Renewal in Historic Family Cemeteries of Niagara, Ontario

Not Seeing the Cemetery for the Monuments: Understanding the Importance of Preservation Assessments

They Died in Rome: Preservation of an Active, Historic Cemetery for Foreigners

Restoration of Rockefeller’s Italian Fountain by Ricardo Viera and Michele Boyd

Maintenance Maladies-Who is Minding the Fountain?

Water Chemistry Guidelines for Art Fountains by Martin Burke

Maintenance Programs for Historic Fountains

Testing the Use of Medical Chelating Agents to Remove Iron Stains on Marble

NCPTT In-house Research

A Stitch in Time

Teaching Children about Sewing Heritage

Comparative Study of Commercially Available Rust Converters

NCPTT In-house Research

Bringing the “Fountain of Life” Back to Life – Marble and Bronze Conservation and Sculptural Figure Replication by Ricardo Viera and Michele Boyd

Fifth Graders Learn about the Effects of Acid Rain on Cultural Materials

And How Polymers Can Help

Divine Disorder: Folk and Outsider Art Conference 2015

Conference on the Conservation of Folk and Outsider Art

ENGINEERING 281: Renovation of Fountains – Hydraulic Considerations by David Peterson

Historic Preservation Program at Mississippi College (Podcast 51)

Art and Infrastructure: Restoring the Futuristic Fountain and Reflecting Pool

A Brief Appreciation of Fountains Through History: Changing Functions, Appearances, and Meaning by John Scott

FBI and Art Crime (Podcast 50)

William Toye and Clementine Hunter

Challenges of Maintaining the Fountains of “The City of Fountains” – Kansas City by Jocelyn Ball-Edson

Divine Disorder: Folk and Outsider Art Conference 2012

Aquatic Plants for Water Quality Maintenance in Water Features and Fountains by Mary Willeford-Bair, Catherine Dewey, and Walter Zachritz

A Manageable Approach for the Maintenance of Fountain Water

Masonry Production and Repair: 160 Years of Indexed Bibliography – 1837-1997 (2001-21)

Materials Characterization Utilizing Advanced Spectral Imaging (2011-18)

Understanding Traditional and Modern Paints and Stains for Exterior Wood (2014-01)

Use of Hydroxyapatite for enhancing durability in marble

The Science of Sand

Crowdsourced database with GPS & Images

Monuments Men and Modern Day Heroes

Protecting art for future generations

What about Soapstone?

How to safely clean soapstone grave markers

Fountain Conservation California Style

Corrosion Resistance Surface Treatment for Marble (2013-07)

Conservation & H‐RTI

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pigment Identification Workshop

Four Light Total Appearance Imaging of Paintings

The Patternmakers Art: Innovation within a Timeless Tradition

Identification of Organic Pigments in Colored Pencils (2000-26)

Preservation of Covered Bridges

USDA Forest Service Publication

Rising Damp Symposium

October 25 and 26, 2013

Disaster Preparedness and Response for Historic Cemeteries

Oil & Cultural Resources

Lessons Learned from Recent Oil Spills

Disaster Preparedness & Response Workshop, September 25 in Natchitoches, LA

Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop in Tunica, MS

Disaster Preparedness and Response

Workshop for Small Museums

Texas Wildfires and Bastrop State Park

Fran Gale and Miriam Tworek-Hofstetter

Petrographic Analysis for Conservation

March 11-12, 2014

Scholarships for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions

Workshop: Disaster Prep & Response for Collections, July 23 & 24

Assessing the Value of Laser Scan Data

High-Definition Surveying

Archive of Digital Data for HABS, HAER, and HALS

Disaster Recovery Resources

Conservation Scientist for a Day 2013

Webinar: Preparing for the Next Disaster

Robotics Camp 2013

Development of an Evaluation Methodology for Cleaning Damage Assessment (1996-32)

3D Modeling of a Gravestone

Exploiting Low Cost Range and Image Based Techniques

A Comparative Study Using LiDAR Digital Scanning and Photogrammetry

High Resolution Digital Photogrammetry with Object Surface Texture

NCPTT helps Girl Scouts earn Save Outdoor Sculpture patch

Application of Current 3D and Pseudo-3D Imaging for Conservation by Melvin Wachowiak, Senior Conservator E. Keats Webb, Digital Imaging Specialist, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Washington D.C.

NCPTT Staff Receives Leica Training

Restoring the Lion’s Roar: Documenting and Replicating Limestone Structures Through Laser Scanning, 3D Computer Modeling, and CNC Machining

Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures

Cemetery Conservation Workshop in Pineville, Louisiana

Study on the Durability of Traditional and Modified Limewash Recipes Results Weathered and Rough-sawn Wood (2005-03)

The Conservation and Preservation of Tabby: A Symposium of Historic Material in the Coastal Southeast (1998-37)

Kamehameha I Sculpture Conservation Treatment Report (2001-12)

John Asmus on Laser Cleaning “Have Laser Will Travel” (Podcast 42)

Applications of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in a Fine Arts Museum: Examination, Documentation, and Beyond

NPI presents 2013 cemetery workshops

Conservation Scientist for a Day

Automated Classification of Surface Texture for Photographic Paper

Cemetery Conservation Workshop in Natchez, Mississippi

KeckCAVES, Immersive 3D Visualization System for Cultural Sites (Podcast 41)

Call for presentations, International Cemetery Preservation Summit

Documenting National and World Heritage Sites: the Need to Integrate Digital Documentation and 3D Scanning with Traditional Hand Measuring Techniques

3D Scanning of Matisse, the Back I-IV: One Thing After Another

Molecular Characterization and Technical Study of Historic Aircraft Windows and Head Gear using Portable Raman Spectroscopy (2013-01)

Comparing Digital Photogrammetric Methods for Preservation Documentation

Cooperation Creates A Custom Crate: Conservation, Laser Scanning, 3D Milling and Crate Building Work Together

Recording Structure and Process: HAER 3D Digital Documentation Methods

Advances in Computational Photograph Techniques for Cultural, Historic, and Natural History Materials

Laser Scanning America’s Cultural Landscapes

Post-Processing Workflows: Identifying Hidden Costs in Converting Scan Data to Useable Information

3D Data Recordation and Immersive Visualization: Considerations for Creative Mitigation Practices

Integrating Aerial and Ground-based LiDAR in Appalachian Heritage Planning and Visualization

Mind the Gap: the Need to Supplement Laser Scan Data in HABS Documentation Projects

Thin Section Petrography for Conservation (Podcast 40)

FAIC Cultural Recovery Center

The Patternmaker’s Art: Innovation within a Timeless Tradition

Foamhenge: 3D Modeling and Conservation of a Monumental Sculpture

Best Practices for Digital Documentation

Capturing, Document, and Mapping the Digital Cultural Object Using Spectral Imaging

3D Digital Documentation as a Basis for the Finite Element Method in the Restoration of Tullio Lombardo’s Marble Sculpture of Adam

2013 Summer Internships

Cemetery Conservation Workshop in Natchez, Mississippi

Safe Hoist Operation for Lifting Stone

Calculating the Weight of Stone

Designing the Lidar Mission for Industrial Heritage: Cooperation Across the Fields

Fountain Fundamentals, an Ever Evolving Conservation Collaboration

Guide for Use of Wood Preservatives in Historic Structures (2012-10)

Petrographic Analysis for Conservation

Why Digital? Its only 1’s and 0’s

Close Range Photogrammetry vs. 3D Scanning for Archaeological Documentation

Our History Rests Here: Preservation and Restoration of Historic Cemeteries

Cemetery Conservation Workshop in Natchez, Mississippi

Rocket Science and 3D Analyses in the Preservation of Artistic and Historic Works

Highlights from the 12th Stone Congress — Part II

NCPTT Research at International Stone Congress

Monitoring Using Laser Scanning – Case Study of Watts Towers

Evolution in Project Workflow – Is High Definition Survey the Missing Link? – Brandon C. Friske

3D Technology and the H.I. Hunley: Beyond Documentation – Christopher Watters

Two Additional 2012 PTT Grants Awarded

Color and Spectral Archiving Using Dual-RGB Imaging

Saving the Lines: Documenting Ships and Small Craft Using Laser Scanning Technology

3D Digital Documentation of Cultural Resources in Southern Arizona National Parks

Summer Conservation Scientist for a Day Program

2012 Robotics Camp

Paradise Gardens; its Past and its Future

Iron Fencing Care Workshop in Bloomington, Indiana

The Strange Procession That Never Moves

Planning to Stabilize, Document, Conserve and Interpret Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville, Georgia

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

Unicultural Ethnography: Preserving Outsider Art Through the Ethnography of Individual Outsider Artists

God’s Architects; Documenting the Materials, Methods, and Self-Taught Builders of the South

Taking the Art to the Streets: How the Citizens of Los Angeles Saved Watts Towers

Thin-Section Petrography Workshop a Success

Creating a Conservation Plan for Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs

Re-evaluation of 1984 Preservation Decisions for the African House Murals by Clementine Hunter

The Greatest Show on Earth: the history and conservation of Jefferson Davis McKissack’s Orange Show

Simon Rodia’s Towers in Watts (The Watts Towers) Four Decades of Interventions and Still Searching for a Solution

What’s In and What’s Out