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Penn Museum conservators are tweeting from The Artifact Lab: Conservation in Action, the museum's visible conservation lab.

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Happy birthday to us! 8 years old today, and so much to show for it! https://t.co/a05Z4tgnbA Stay tuned for new digital content, coming soon.

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Our Lower Egypt gallery closed nearly 2 years ago. The sphinx is back on display but remember those columns and doorways? We are conserving them, many at an off-site lab. Find out what we're learning about them here: https://t.co/dACzaxpsYa

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What can conservators do while working from home? Write blog posts, of course! Check out this post about revisiting a past treatment of a Nubian wooden figure: https://t.co/J5eLd4fnUB

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This summer CAAM will offer intensive courses in Field Archaeobotany, Methods for Zooarchaeology in Andean South America, Petrography of Cultural Materials, and Archaeogeophysics. These courses are open to graduate students, scholars, and professionals: https://t.co/cVs9F9zxLy

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Our latest blogpost, en espanol! https://t.co/nO4KhDKOwZ

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This warehouse is too small, this warehouse is too far, but THIS warehouse is just right. https://t.co/eQdtfrWVr4

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#askaconservatorday is today, and we will be answering your questions from the @pennmuseum account from 11am - 12pm EST. Looking forward to hearing from some of you then!

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We are working on lots of exciting projects these days. Tune in to @pennmuseum on Monday 11/4 from 11-12 EST for one hour of #AskAConservator Q&A!

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Did you know #AskAConservator Day is next week? On Monday, November 4 between 11am–12pm, we will be hosting a live Twitter chat with the conservators in our @pennartifactlab to answer YOUR questions about conservation & archaeology!

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An objects conservator changes dimensions...get it? A little bit of conservator humor on this Friday morning! More on our collaboration with the @penn Kislak paper conservators: https://t.co/Ric3QRJe1a

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Happy birthday to us! We opened the Artifact Lab and started blogging about our work 6 years ago. How appropriate that we're celebrating by honoring the power of social media, and its impact on this object: https://t.co/be5e465R2Y

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Poultices and tourniquets! Conservator Tessa de Alarcon explains some medical terminology commonly used in conservation: https://t.co/akuMPNsVqL

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Pre-program conservation intern Tessa Young describes the process of restringing ancient beaded jewelry, in preparation for an upcoming Jewelry of Ur workshop! https://t.co/9hI8zOh8js #digthepast #MiddleEastGalleries

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Ancient faces from Nippur, Iraq in the @pennmuseum Middle East Galleries, opening on April 21. https://t.co/5VnBF3Lcc4 #DigThePast #MiddleEastGalleries

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We are wrapping up the current phase of our Kaipure tomb chapel conservation project, thanks to generous funding from @ARCENational Learn more by following this link: https://t.co/WRWqBIig8t

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Our Middle East Galleries open soon, so we better get our ducks in a row! https://t.co/iLdPi11SG4 #TransformationTuesday

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@UCLAGettyCons grad intern Marci Burton has been hard at work on this mosaic column from Iraq: https://t.co/ATHZk3tQRI

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@UCLAGettyCons grad intern Marci Burton has been hard at work on a mosaic column from Iraq. Check out her work here: https://t.co/ATHZk3tQRI

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This week for #transformationtuesday, read about conservation work on the largest limestone block in our Kaipure lab (aka the BIG GUY - he's a hefty 720 lbs): https://t.co/OuMo1nUg6r

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Na-na-na-na-na-na! Gettin' gel-ly wit it! (aka gel cleaning is fun and satisfying!) https://t.co/2yu7cJ8dBQ