How a museum artist used an original plaster cast to restore a bison
In short: Discover the meticulous conservation work behind the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of North American Mammals, where a male bison's nose was carefully rebuilt.
Museum artist Joianne Bittle Knight and conservator Julia Sybalsky detail the intricate process of repairing a male bison within the American bison and pronghorn antelope diorama. The restoration utilized what is believed to be the original plaster cast to ensure historical accuracy.
This work was part of the larger restoration of the Hall of North American Mammals, which reopened to the public in October 2012.
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