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Museum expands education programs and conservation work, restoring a 1952 range
Summary
Curators described a recently completed summer camp with hands-on activities, plans for homeschool programs, and conservation work including restoration of a 1952 eight‑burner cast‑iron cooking range for an upcoming exhibit.
Heather McPherson and Chris Melka described the museum’s education efforts and conservation plans. McPherson said the summer camp included about 11 speakers and hands-on activities ranging from blacksmithing to historical food demonstrations for children; she said the program will continue and expand into homeschool offerings.
Melka outlined conservation work planned for a visible 'Launchpad' area where visitors can observe artifact treatment. He said the team is restoring a 1952 cast-iron eight-burner cooking range that will be conserved for the food and chaplaincy exhibit: "A a a 8 burner cooking range, which we're in the middle of a full...restoration of" (Chris Melka, curator of exhibits). The curators said the Launchpad aims to make conservation processes more transparent to visitors and to integrate restoration into programming when possible.
