And people still of associate omaha with the. You still want to get an omaha steak when you visit and things like that. Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online at www. Cspan. Org cities tour. You are watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan three. Each week on American History tvs american artifacts take you to museums and historic places. Up next in the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the highland collection. I am scott stevenson. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century or fish a century old print we have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We want a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For a general view where looking at firearms, they tend to look alike that this is a significant fees, one that really speaks to the power of the ideas tha
Us on facebook. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. In the second of the museum of the American Revolution, we visit the artifact collection. I am scott stevenson. I am the director of interpretations for the museum. Im in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old startup. We have been working on the project in philadelphia, the final stages, for about five years. We expect to open early in 2017 and have a place to show off all of these wonderful and amazing original objects from the revolutionary era. For a general view looking at 18thcentury firearms, they tend to look alike after a while. This is a significant piece that speaks to the power of the idea that we are animating the men and women who made the country and particularly the men who served under arms during the revolution. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you wi
Programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. This is about a century old project. We have been working on the project since five years. We expect to open in 2017. We have a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. For general view, or sometimes looking at 18thcentury firearms they tend to look alike that this really speaks to the one power of the ideas that were made the country and particularly the men who served under arms. If you look at these pieces of continental currency, you will notice the designs. These have been selected under the direction of Benjamin Franklin from a book of ancient symbology. In the center, it is difficult to see, but there is an image of a beaver chewing a tree. Calling on persistence on the part of the beaver. The idea that this is not going to be a conflict that is one overnight. That persistence will be rewarded the fee so me and is the continental three dollar bill. It has a great connection t
Piece. So if you look at these pieces here youll notice the designs. These hat been selected from a book of ancient symbolology. Theres a beaver chewing a tree. This piece on the end, the continental 3 bill has a great connection to this musket. It is an eagle cracking can and in legend which translates as the outcome is uncertain. If you look carefully at this youll see in the head of the eagle slightly concealed between hammer here. Youll roek can go noise that same symbol has been engraved fwi lock smith on this as you were riing those out is something we speak about today. A pair of pistols here. They relate to an interesting character of the lev lugs. It his father is still askered to be the founder of the luthera disturb. There were theology and Natural Sciences in the military. Frederick was the first speaker of the house of representatives and considered an important figure in the adoption of the bill of rights. He was or daned as a minister. He had been or daned in the church
We have an engineer and eight textileconservator a conservator with us to talk about the tent. As you will hear many people say, it sometimes take a village to preserve these artifacts. If you have questions afterward, please feel free to grab any of us after the event. We will divide this up into three sections. I will talk about the history of the object itself and when we began to contemplate putting it on to display at the new museum of the American Revolution. Alex will talk about the engineering challenges of taking what was possibly the most historic and significant textile object since the starspangled banner has been put on display in a museum. So, to face the unique challenges of displaying this threedimensional textile object. Virginia will talk about the challenges of conserving that object and preparing it for display. The history of the engineering and conservation science to ensure the longterm reservation of this markable object. I will start with history. Where do we b