Documenting an historic structure is an essential element in any rehabilitation, and is a concomitant of the Secretary of the Interior Standards for the Treatment of Historic Structures. This allows…
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Stewardship of a massive collection like the Northwest Railway Museum’s can be daunting. A trained curator can quickly see there are issues with storage conditions, damaged artifacts, and security. Heat,…
The roof on a century-old railcar is more than just something to keep the rain out; it is a distinguishing feature. On chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace, the roof…
Let there be light, and some fresh air too! One of the distinguishing features of most traditional clerestory-roofed railroad cars is the clerestory window. Designed to provide both light and…
Rehabilitation of a landmark property invites many opportunities to learn from the object. The chapel car rehabilitation is no exception – the structure has been largely untouched since it was…
Chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace has been undergoing rehabilitation for over 9 months. A full-time crew of carpenters and other preservation specialists has been reversing the effects of 112…
Museum collections are expected to last for a really long time. To preserve objects in a collection for a really long time, museums attempt to control the environmental factors that…
Chapel car 5 rehabilitation continues in the Conservation and Restoration Center and with a recent delay in the arrival of heavy timbers work shifted to another important element: windows….
The Northwest Railway Museum recently hosted an historic structure field school. Maintenance and repair of historic structures is a course regularly offered by the Army Corp of Engineers and outlines…
The chapel car 5 Messenger of Peace’s rehabilitation has begun in earnest. The Museum has been fundraising for this long-planned project for over three years. On January 31, 2011 a…
