Great progress was made at the beginning of the month on the port carriage! The wrought iron side plate AND the wood inboard part were removed from the gun support. Here are some photos… The side plate being pushed by two hydraulic jacks. It worked but the plate was still tight at the bottom (see [...]

Dr. Bruce Kaiser visited The Mariners’ Museum last week and conducted a 2-day hands-on workshop on accurate elemental non-destructive XRF physics.  Sounds like a mouthful, but Dr. Kaiser easily distilled the material and provided an opportunity for Monitor conservators to analyze numerous artifacts and samples.   Iron, copper alloys, tin, zinc, wool, and even the lead content [...]