How to Wash a 157-Year-Old Newspaper

When you think of old newspaper, you think brittle and yellow, right? At the ‪@NationalParkService‬ Museum Conservation Lab, book and paper conservator Allison Holcomb walks Adam Savage through the fascinating and highly scientific process of removing the yellow from paper-related products and preserving them for posterity. Which fact(s) will stick with you most from this video? These newspapers are part of the National Park Service history and study collections. National Park Museum Conservation Lab: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/hfc/muse... National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm Where America’s Historical Artifacts Are Being Preserved (Well ... For Now):    • National Treasures: Where America’s Histor...   Follow the NPS Museum Conservation Lab here:   / conservation_hfc_nps   If you'd like to support the work of the NPS museum conservation lab, you can do so -- indirectly -- by visiting national park(s), writing to your representatives about your support for the National Park Service and its museum conservation lab, or donating to the National Park Conservation Association (https://www.npca.org/), a nongovernmental nonprofit that supports the NPS' work. Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks:    / @tested   Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: https://tested-store.com Savage Merchandising: https://adamsavage.com/ About Tested: https://www.tested.com/about Meet Adam in Person: https://www.tested.com/events TikTok:   / testedcom   Instagram:   / testedcom   Twitter:   / testedcom   Facebook:   / testedcom   Discord:   / discord   Amazon Storefront: http://www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavage... Audio Described and Accessible Videos:    • Audio Described and Accessible Videos   Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching!