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    • Archaeology & Landscape Restoration
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Curatorial & Collections

Making Our List and Checking it Twice: The 2020 Collections Inventory

August 5, 2020By Jenniffer PowersCuratorial & Collections
Making Our List and Checking it Twice: The 2020 Collections Inventory

Learn how the Collections Team organized and implemented the 2020 Complete Collections Inventory.

Creating the Guest Spaces

August 5, 2020By Jenniffer PowersCuratorial & Collections
Creating the Guest Spaces

Take a look at how the last rooms of the House were furnished.

Polishing a President’s Silver

April 21, 2020By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections
Polishing a President’s Silver

Read about how silver in the Montpelier Collection is cleaned and care for in a special way.

Every Object Needs a Rest

March 5, 2020By Jenniffer PowersCuratorial & Collections
Every Object Needs a Rest

What exactly do we mean by letting an object “rest?” Read about two textile pieces coming off exhibit and why.

The Pantograph; A Portable Copying Machine

December 19, 2019By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections
The Pantograph; A Portable Copying Machine

What is a pantograph and did Madison use one?

Beyond Closed Doors: The Intern

August 8, 2019By Rebecca AkersCuratorial & Collections
Beyond Closed Doors: The Intern

Read what Rebecca has to say about her internship with the Curatorial & Collections Department.

If The Shoe Fits

July 9, 2019By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections
If The Shoe Fits

Read about our first acquisition of 2019; Dolley Madison’s slippers

Object Conservation at Montpelier

May 23, 2019By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections
Object Conservation at Montpelier

What is conservation and why is it done?

Monticello to Montpelier: A Walking Stick’s Journey from One Founding Father to Another

April 12, 2019By Leanna SchaferCuratorial & Collections
Monticello to Montpelier: A Walking Stick’s Journey from One Founding Father to Another

Walk through history with this gift given by Thomas Jefferson to James Madison.

Industrious Archivists: How Rats Helped Preserve Madison’s Montpelier

April 4, 2019By Leanna SchaferArchitecture & Historic Preservation, Curatorial & Collections
Industrious Archivists: How Rats Helped Preserve Madison’s Montpelier

Aw, rats!

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