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Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from

  • Written by Edward Vicenzi, Research Scientist, Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution
Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are fromMuseums and their bountiful collections are research bastions.Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images

On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its path. By evening, the local firefighters were...

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