Old
Glory, New Glory
The Star-Spangled Banner gets some tender loving care
Over the next 3 years, the 185-year-old
flag that inspired the U.S. national anthem will be studied, cleaned,
and preserved in a custom-built museum laboratory.
Further Readings:
Wu, C. 1999. Chemistry diagnoses a paintings' ills. Science News
155(March 13):166.
For additional information about the preservation of the Star-Spangled
Banner, visit the National Museum of American History's Web site at
http://www.si.edu/nmah/objects/ssb01.htm.
Sources:
Valeska Hilbig
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Office of Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20560
John J. Hillman
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Web site: http://lep694.gsfc.nasa.gov/vitae/hillman.html
Anthony Maher
KCF-SHG
1825 I Street, N.W.
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20006-5403
William N. Marmer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Eastern Regional Research Center
Hides, Lipids, and Wool Research Unit
600 East Mermaid Lane
Wyndmoor, PA 19038
Web site: http://www.arserrc.gov/org.htm#hides
Lonn Wood Taylor
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Division of Social History
Washington, DC 20560
Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss
National Museum of American History
Smithsonian Institution
Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Project
Washington, DC 20560
Web site: http://www.si.edu/nmah/objects/ssb01.htm
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 26, June 26, 1999, p. 408.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
