“ So few other organizations collect the type of artifacts we do. It’s such a joy to tell a researcher we have the artifact or document he or she couldn’t find anywhere else.” Mary Ryan, Curator A REVISIONED LIBRARY In 2014, we established the Naval Undersea Museum Technical Library to collect technical manuals, rare books, and other technical materials associated with the museum’s technical mission and artifact collection. The transition to this new vision, currently in progress, will be completed in 2015. PRESERVING HISTORY This year we once again had the opportunity to send artifacts for conservation, a process performed by highly trained, highly specialized conservators to stabilize and prolong the lifespan of treated artifacts. Conservator Corine Landrieu, of Landrieu Conservation, completed conservation of an iconic Momsen lung and carried out a first stage treatment of an early Swindell diving helmet. COLLECTIONS OVERSIGHT Much of our collections work occurs out of sight, behind the scenes. Additional projects of note accomplished by our collections management department in 2014 included: • Conducting a 10% artifact inventory in our small artifact and archival storage areas • Managing our active loan program, which currently has 51 artifacts on loan to 31 separate organizations • Updating and revising all of our collections management policies and procedures www.navalunderseamuseum.org
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