Wielding an adorably tiny vacuum, objects conservator Dawn Wallace peered through her stereomicroscope at thousands of 80-year-old red sequins. As the soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz drifted through ...
One of the most famous movie props of all time is in dire need of conservation. In an effort to preserve Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...