State police officers guard the delivery of Massachusetts Archives Treasure Gallery documents to NEDCC.

NEDCC conservator Bucky Weaver examines a loss in the 1629 Winthrop Charter of Massachusetts.

NEDCC is grateful for support from the
Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Northeast Document
Conservation Center
Provides ConservationTreatment
for Massachusetts Treasures

A plain black van from the Massachusetts Archives is escorted to the front door of the Northeast Document Conservation Center by officers of the Massachusetts
State Police Motorcycle Unit. Assistant Archivist Michael Comeau emerges from the van carrying a carefully wrapped package and walks into the building flanked by State Police officers. What is the occasion for this heightened security?

The Massachusetts Archives recently brought several
of the state’s most prized documents to the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) for treatment
in preparation for a new exhibit. The Massachusetts Archives and the Commonwealth Museum are currently engaged in an initiative to redesign the exhibit space
within the Archives facility at Columbia Point.

The new exhibit, entitled Our Commonwealth: The Massachusetts Experiment in Democracy, will relate major historical themes to current issues in a dramatic, informative, and entertaining new venue that will trace the gradual extension of rights to all citizens and highlight the diversity of present day Massachusetts.

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Article by: Julie Martin, NEDCC