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Curator's Choice

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DateTitleAuthorPoster PDF
April 2026Under Pressure : Cleaning Archaeological Artifacts with Precision and CareNichole DoubPDF
March 2026Angling for a Catch: Fishhooks in MarylandHannah WellsPDF
February 2026Venetian Glass in Colonial Maryland, More Likely Than You’d ThinkMegan KearnsPDF
January 2026Toy Story: Not Your Parents' Green Army ManPatricia SamfordPDF
December 2025A Bird on the Bottle is the Start of a Good MysteryPatricia SamfordPDF
November 2025One Site--Two PipesScott StricklandPDF
October 2025Leaving a Mark, Leaving a Legacy: The Frontier Nursing Service EmbosserLauren CantyPDF
September 2025Lead Astray: A Pewter Feeding Bottle from Middle PlantationMegan KearnsPDF
August 2025Mysterious Round Harmonica?Arianna JohnstonPDF
July 2025Getting the Point Across: A Gentleman’s Smallsword in the CellarHannah WellsPDF
June 2025Lighting the Past, How RTI Revealed RoyaltyNichole DoubPDF
May 2025An 1830s Sash BuckleSara Rivers CofieldPDF
April 2025That’s Not Booze – That’s MedicineScott StricklandPDF
March 2025Smoke Like a Turk: An Example of the Orientalist Movement in 19th-century BaltimoreRebecca MorehousePDF
February 2025Play is Serious LearningAlex GlassPDF
January 2025“Gay Colors, Graceful Shapes, Lustrous Surfaces” - America’s First Mass-Produced KitchenwarePatricia SamfordPDF
December 2024Make No Bones About it, this Artifact is a Mystery!Rebecca MorehousePDF
November 2024"Large and Elegant, with apparatus and conveniences for boiling and frying meat": Cast Iron CookstovesPatricia SamfordPDF
October 2024A Knight's Tale: Chess in the 19th CenturyRebecca MorehousePDF
September 2024Fashionable FoundationsSara Rivers CofieldPDF
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Curator's Choice is a monthly spotlight on a particular artifact or type of artifact from collections at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab. Click on the link to see the essay as a web page. For most months, you can also view a formatted "poster-sized" image suitable for printing at a larger size.

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