Description: Klaatu, an alien from a planet 250 million miles away comes to Earth to warn its people that future of their planet is at stake. The film is set in Washington, DC.
Description: A photograph of Charles Greeley Abbot belonging to the Smithsonian Archives was in need of conservation. The photograph is stable, but the board to which the photograph is mounted is broken into three pieces. The board was stabilized and placed into a new housing constructed with rare earth magnets to impose a slight pressure on the object. The new housing holds the object