Category: Art Conservation
Testing Innovative Solutions in Textile Conservation
February 17, 2026 Written by Art Conservation Staff
When Adam Savage visited the National Park Service Museum Conservation Lab, National Council for Preservation Education intern Ellie Fitzgerald (WUDPAC Class of 2028) showed Savage how specialized scanning and printing techniques were used to stabilize an early 20th-century quilt from Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
When Adam Savage visited the National Park Service Museum Conservation Lab in Harper’s Ferry, WV, for the online series Tested, National Council for Preservation Education intern Ellie Fitzgerald (WUDPAC Class of 2028) showed Savage how specialized scanning and printing techniques were used in the innovative restoration of a damaged early 20th-century Sunbonnet Sue quilt from Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
The full episode is available to view on Tested’s YouTube channel.
Go behind the scenes at the National Park Service Museum Conservation Lab as UD student Ellie Fitzgerald shows Adam Savage how innovative scanning and printing techniques help preserve a historic quilt.
Video Using PAPER to Repair a TEXTILE: youtube.com/watch?v=kKtopx-gc1A
