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A small metal and glass prism and its old brown storage box sit on a white background. A Kodak color strip sits in front of the artifacts.

The science of artifact conservation: A prism and its leather case

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Dive into the process of a conservation treatment of a prism and its leather case.

Six small rulers from a drafting kit are presented on a white background.

The great imitator: Cellulose nitrate in the twentieth century

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Discover more about cellulose nitrate objects, and how Ingenium conservators work to identify these objects to prevent degradation.

The Dairy Barn at the Central Experimental Farm in 1894. It is now part of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.

Historic barns bring architecture to life for students

The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is known for agricultural ingenuity and scientific discovery, as a national historic site and urban greenspace, and for being the home of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. Architecture, however, is not typically the first thing people associate with this agricultural oasis in Ottawa.

Erin Secord holds up an example of a hazardous artifact. Oil for a printing machine in a bag.

Industrial Technology

Behind the scenes: Conservators face unique task handling hazardous artifacts

An artist’s rendering of the Ingenium Collections Conservation Centre, currently under construction next to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.

Engineering & Technology

Not your average warehouse: Ingenium’s new Collections Conservation Centre

Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Ingenium’s new Collections Conservation Centre will open in only a few months. This is a dream come true for those of us who have been caring for Canada’s national collection of scientific and technological artifacts for our entire careers, and have been waiting for this moment for over a decade.

The Avro Arrow: Recovering a relic

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Last summer, a precious artifact — believed to be an early test model used in the Avro Arrow jet fighter program — was recovered from the bottom of Lake Ontario. Covered in zebra mussels from its years spent under the water, the artifact’s preservation requires enormous amounts of painstaking work from highly-trained conservators. Read about the recovery effort and the ongoing efforts to restore this artifact — which holds a special place in Canadian aviation history.

The Canada Science and Technology Museum

Award profile: Reinventing the Canada Science and Technology Museum

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

On November 17, 2017, the Canada Science and Technology Museum marked a pivotal moment in its history. The museum reopened its doors to the public, starting a fresh chapter following a three-year closure. In the three years leading up to that momentous event, a small team of dedicated employees worked tirelessly to rebuild the entire facility from the ground up—including the creation of all-new exhibitions—in preparation for reopening. It was an incredible feat of teamwork that did not go

6” Cooke & Sons refracting telescope

Social Science & Culture

Award profile: Putting a historic telescope back into focus

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Through the course of a project spanning nine years, two Ingenium conservators — Tony Missio and David Elliott — had the chance to work on the complete restoration and preservation of the 6” Cooke & Sons refracting telescope, bought by the Meteorological Service of Canada in 1882. The telescope was in service for over 100 years; it was donated to the museum by its last owner, the University of Toronto, in 1984. The telescope was dismantled and brought to the national collection storage. On

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