Doping at the Science Museum: the conservation challenge of doped fabric aircraft in the Flight gallery

This article concerns the conservation of historic doped fabric aeroplanes in the static museum setting of the Science Museum’s Flight gallery. It reviews historic sources, primarily archival and scientific research papers, to examine what doped fabric aeroplanes are made from, and why these materia...

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Main Authors: Ben Regel, Jannicke Langfeldt, Louisa Burden, Professor Mary Ryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Museum, London 2016-11-01
Series:Science Museum Group Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-06/doping-at-the-science-museum/