Nash, who took Graham’s class and talked to children at the event, said that working on the SEM is a “really cool” opportunity she wouldn’t get at other universities.
“Kids love visualization, and being able to see cool things under the SEM helps foster their curiosity for the natural world,” said Nash.
One demonstration presented by Angela Linn, senior collections manager at UAF’s Museum of the North, involved teaching kids about deterioration.
Objects such as a picture from the 1920s, a wood carving, mukluks, a cigar holder and a pan from the famous Into the Wild bus 142 were spread out upon a table.
“Each of these items is affected by at least one agent of deterioration,” she said.
Some agents of deterioration are improper relative humidity, water damage, light fading and vandalism. Linn taught them how to properly display items in their homes, opening their eyes to the “material sciences,” and the idea that conservation is a profession. After the event concluded, Boyle referenced Schneider and said that good ideas continue if people like them.
“I just heard from our info desk that they have a count of 722 people who came. It’s probably more than that; probably 900 or a thousand,” he said.
/2026/04/13/69dcaec1e1df9430899114.jpg "The film Gugusse et lautomate by Georges Méliès, found in an attic in the United States, is now available online.")
