RFP: USS Monitor Artifact Conservation

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NOAA ONMS requires professional conservation services for the ongoing active and preventative conservation care of the USS Monitor Collection, a federally owned NOAA Heritage Asset collection comprising over 210 tons of archaeological materials recovered from the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor, lost at sea in 1862. The Collection consists of over 5,000 individual artifacts of varying size and material composition, including ferrous metals, iron, wood, leather, textiles, rubber, and other organic and inorganic materials, currently held at TMMP’s Batten Conservation Complex in Newport News, Virginia.