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Sometimes during construction we find interesting

Sometimes during construction we find interesting things! This @pabstblueribbon bottle and tobacco tag were found on the second floor in the ceiling. These items will be entered into and saved in our institutional archives.

Whenever we are doing construction in the building

Whenever we are doing construction in the building and we have to repaint a room, we sand down the walls to match the new paint color with a previous paint color. Here are 3 walls that we have sanded down to pick a color to repaint. Take a guess at what 3 colors we went with 😜

This past Thursday we opened our 2023 Tea & Talk S

This past Thursday we opened our 2023 Tea & Talk Series with a program over the Libbey Spun Fiber Glass Dress from Marissa Stevenson from The Toledo Museum of Art.

Here is a perspective from a tea volunteer and attendee, Jean Geist.

"The Wood County Museum began it’s 2023 Tea Series with what one attendee called, “One of their best programs yet!” yesterday.

Marissa Stevenson, a conservator at the Toledo Museum of Art, spoke on Libby Spun Fiber Glass, and specifically, the spun glass fiber dress exhibited at the 1893 World Columbian in the Libby Glass Pavilion Crystal Palace. A small number of spun glass dresses were created at the turn of the 19th-20th Centuries, and, according to Ms. Stevenson, perhaps, fewer that a half-dozen are still in existence, including the 1893 Expo dress now at the TMA.

As Ms. Stevenson described the preservation challenges presented by the fragility of the spun fiber dress, she called it “her Moby Dick,” estimating that she will spend over 1200 hours painstakingly researching processes and restoring the dress before it can be exhibited. Besides mitigating efforts to clean and add structurally stability to the gown, the conservator described “glass disease”— a condition the attacks the threads from the inside out, causing its disintegration. The alkali works its way to the surface, manifesting in either a powdery substance or a soapy residue. The TMA dress does show a powdery evidence of glass disease, but not the more serious soapy residue. “Silk shatter” is similar to “glass disease” that works on silk produced at that time period, which contains elements of tin, giving the material its weight. As the tin degrades, it actually slices the silk from within. The TMA dress is lined with silk, so this is also a major concern in its conservation.

Ms. Stevenson’s goal and the goal of the TMA is to have the Libby 1893 Expo Spun Fiber Dress custom mounted for display to visitors in two years. In response to questions, Ms. Stephenson said the Libby dress cost $2500 to construct.

If you would like to attend our next Tea & Talk Series event, visit our website to purchase tickets! www.woodcountyhistory.org/events/

Happy St. Patrick Day 🍀 our Curator, Holly, is

Happy St. Patrick Day 🍀 our Curator, Holly, is an avid collector of four-leaf clovers that she has found here at the museum over the years. This is only part of what she has found out on the grounds and she has even found a few five-leaf clovers! Next time you are visiting us see if you can find any four-leaf clovers.
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