Project 3: South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

Project 3: Condition Reporting & Re-housing Framed Objects at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 9:00am-4:30pm

We met at the Relic Room early Saturday morning to condition report and re-house over 100 framed objects, including many of the framed flags in the collection. Sarah Wooten (Chief Curator ofCollections and Exhibitions) and Rachel Cockrell (Registrar) were both on hand to supervise the project.Sarah kicked off the project by providing volunteers with an overview of the the museum's history, the scope of the project at hand, and how the work of our volunteers would contribute to an upcoming conservation assessment by AASLH. Rachel provided us with an overviewof the day's tasks, a tour of storage, and was on hand the entire daywalking between volunteer teams to answer questions and provide helpful tips for handling & assessing the framed objects.Our group learned how to assess the condition of a framed object, discerning whether or not a frame was causing damage and if the object should be transferred to the archives. We worked in teams of two toremove excess wrapping, attach identification tags (where needed) and to place the framed works in protective ethafoam. We had a great pizzalunch, good conversation, and put in a lot of hard work! Thanks to everyone who volunteered -- the day was a great success.