Saving the National Treasures
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Description: NOVA television program explores the techniques used to preserve the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States.
NOVA | Saving the National Treasures | PBS Color photos, old newspapers, the Declaration—we've all seen materials damaged by light. But what's actually happening? Conservators reveal what's really on the back of the Declaration, how it felt to handle the document, and more.
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| Page title: | NOVA | Saving the National Treasures | PBS |
| Keywords: | America, Bill of Rights, Charters of Freedom, conservation, conservator, conserve, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, display, encasement, environment, exposure, fade, light, National Archives, parchment, repair, restoration, restore, storage, United States, science, NOVA, education, teacher, resource, classroom, public, television, PBS |
| Description: | In this companion Web site to the NOVA program Saving the National Treasures, read an article on how light causes damage to documents, see an interview with conservators of the Charters of Freedom, and examine the time-worn Declaration of Indepedence and its new encasement. |
| IP-address: | 54.242.34.5 |