Restoring a Bald Eagle When Its Feathers Are Illegal

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How do you restore and conserve a bald eagle specimen when possessing a bald eagle feather is illegal? How do you clean feathers or construct toupees for fragile taxidermied birds? At the National Park Service Museum Conservation Lab, organic objects conservator Fran Ritchie and objects intern Elena Best explain some of the artful techniques and extreme challenges their team faces as they treat a bald eagle, pheasant and grouse from the William Floyd Estate at Fire Island National Seashore. What do you think of the before-and-after of the bald eagle? In addition to being an NPS Objects Intern, Elena is a graduate student at the Garman Art Conservation Department at Buffalo State University (https://artconservation.buffalostate.edu/) National Park Museum Conservation Lab: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/museum-conservation-services.htm National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm What Happens When Taxidermy Fails: https://youtu.be/_ovkiZfl9aw Where America’s Historical Artifacts Are Being Preserved (Well ... For Now): https://youtu.be/1lxSXvLGvcs How to Wash a 157-Year-Old Newspaper: https://youtu.be/P3J-ToojchA More Tested/NPS Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3J-ToojchA&list=PLJtitKU0CAej3AzM9RgtGQ2146AL4VAOK Follow the NPS Museum Conservation Lab here: https://www.instagram.com/conservation_hfc_nps/ If you'd like to support the work of the NPS museum conservation lab, you can do so -- indirectly -- by visiting national park(s), writing to your representa

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