{"id":2218,"date":"2015-05-13T11:08:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T15:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2218"},"modified":"2015-05-13T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T15:08:05","slug":"improving-the-rocket-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2015\/05\/13\/improving-the-rocket-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving the Rocket Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Along with all the model airplanes and flying equipment and memorabilia in the collection, the museum also has a small collection of model rockets.\u00a0 When these rockets were received in the mid-1990s little information was documented on their donors and history.<\/p>\n

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The National Model Aviation Museum’s rockets in storage before work began into their documentation and history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A chance discussion with District IV VP Jay Marsh clued Museum Collections Manager Maria VanVreede in to some of the history of the rockets and propelled her to start the necessary work.\u00a0 Jay had donated two of the rockets, a scale version of the Space Shuttle Challenger that was built as a memorial to the lost crew, and an X-15.\u00a0 Records for these rockets were created in the museum\u2019s collections database and the paper files were updated with information provided by Jay.<\/p>\n

Also using Jay\u2019s information, Maria was able to match several undocumented rockets on the shelves to documented donations in the files.\u00a0 This is always an exciting moment for Maria, as it means there is one more artifact with its history connected to it once again.<\/p>\n

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Research into the museum\u2019s records helped connect several of the rockets to their stories. To keep this information safe and available, the paper documentation was organized and the artifact\u2019s identification number was marked on the rocket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The process of connecting artifacts back to their rockets involves research into the paper and digital files and close inspection of the artifacts.\u00a0 Once everything was confirmed, the first thing Maria did was write the identification number assigned to the donation on the rocket in order to make sure that it won\u2019t be unidentified again.\u00a0 Next, Maria organized the paper and photographic documentation in the files and then entered a complete description, search terms and other notes into the database.<\/p>\n

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To properly preserve the model rockets, they were stored on acid-free cardboard trays. Inert padding material supports the rockets within the trays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, as she\u2019s been working with the rockets, Maria has been improving their storage situation, using acid-free cardboard, batting and inert foam.\u00a0 Placing the artifacts in trays not only helps condense them so there\u2019s more space on the shelf, but it supports them better by taking stress off the fins and nose.<\/p>\n

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Maria is continuing to work researching and cataloging the model rockets in the collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Work on researching and cataloging the rockets is continuing, and it looks like three more rockets will be identified and properly cataloged.\u00a0 The remaining rockets in the collection will be cataloged under a number indicated \u201cfound in collection,\u201d which allows them to be entered into the database, searched and referenced, but indicates further work needs to be done as information becomes available to document their history.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a lot more room on the storage shelves when the artifacts are properly protected in the trays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Along with all the model airplanes and flying equipment and memorabilia in the collection, the museum also has a small collection of model rockets.\u00a0 When these rockets were received in the mid-1990s little information was documented on their donors and history. A chance discussion with District IV VP Jay Marsh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[56,94,172],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-museum","tag-artifact","tag-artifact-care","tag-model-rocket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218\/revisions\/2224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}