The Smithsonian should put out a restoration and preservation series! I'd find it incredibly interesting.
@csimet2 жыл бұрын
Agree, but all the "science" channels on cable cater to low-brow reality programming now. So sad.
@shadow70379322 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. I quite enjoy watching the Tank Restoration videos from the Bovington Tank Museum that's on their KZbin channel.
@Syberz2 жыл бұрын
Would be nice if there were a walkway just outside so that you could walk past these folks and see what they're working on, they could have signs above their heads identifying the pieces they're working on or some of the equipment and stuff like that.
@murphsmodels88532 жыл бұрын
I know who could host it. I have a friend who works as a conservator at Udvar Hazy. When my hobby group gets together once a year, she gave us a behind the scenes tours pre-pandemic. Her sense of humor, and the way she tells the story of everything there is phenomenal..
@christophersmaby84852 жыл бұрын
From your keyboard to the Smithsonian's "ears"!
@JohnFoley17012 жыл бұрын
Adam, you should do an entire series of behind the scenes at the Smithsonian, like Brady’s objectivity. It is needed.
@jl-mg2 жыл бұрын
I've learned to find happiness by living vicariously through Adam. Watching him tick off my bucket list items one by one...
@Hidsert2 жыл бұрын
1:29 the people who designed the portable XRF definitely had some fun making it look like a sci fi ray gun
@alanholck79952 жыл бұрын
XRF is very useful to detect if there lead-based paint in older buildings
@AGryphonTamer2 жыл бұрын
@@alanholck7995 Why not just use a lead tester? Is the paintwork considered that vital to historical buildings?
@alanholck79952 жыл бұрын
@@AGryphonTamer The XRF could detect lead paint below many layers of other paint, & it was quick. If the lead paint was applied in, say, 1920, there could easily be 10 layers of paint on top of it. And yes, dealing with historical properties can be tough (I ran historic properties for a US Gov't agency - we literally had thousands of them) depending where they are located (& thus the regulatory agency involved).
@willfreund33152 жыл бұрын
That's fascinating that so many of the conservators come from an art conservation background. Also, the absolutely immense history in just one room is hard to imagine.
@RufftaMan2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite things I did on my US-roadtrip was visiting the Udvar Hazy center and the National Air and Space museum. Amazing artifacts in every corner!
@Jager-er4vc2 жыл бұрын
OMG A WRIGHT PLANE! I would cry to see that!! His watch!! Are you kidding me!?!? 😃 This is FASCINATING! This was an hour long video from all of my rewinding to soak it in.
@alanholck79952 жыл бұрын
Irony is that Wrights had major issues with Smithsonian maintaining that Langley Aerodrome was first aircraft capable of flight.
@gilbertjtube2 жыл бұрын
Kept trying to make sense of the NCC-1701 diagrams above the cabinet while they were looking at part of the Wright Military Flyer.
@Swogfish2 жыл бұрын
Malcom is actually a good friend of my moms, got to take our own little tour into the conservation wing on 1 occasion. Really cool guy and the behind the scenes stuff is amazing.
@kabel93572 жыл бұрын
At the 8:12mark, Noting the NCC-1701 diagram/poster on the wall behind them!
@annwagner57792 жыл бұрын
I love conservation so much! Conservators see and understand things at a level of detail no one can match. Often they have spent more time with things than even the original makers did. I hope to soon be back working with art conservators.
@christinemcgoveran23682 жыл бұрын
I love this video so much. I have an archaeology background, and also studied conservation during my museum studies program. I worked in the education departments of museums before the pandemic, but I also love conservation. I love how interested Adam is in this video. It warms my heart.
@mikeparker38652 жыл бұрын
David McCullough wrote an excellent book on the Wright Brothers. A fascinating story. A piece of fabric from their plane was brought to the moon by Neil Armstrong. I also heard that another piece was in the drone that just flew on Mars. Very cool if true.
@artbk2 жыл бұрын
For every museum out there, they have a whole lot of amazing stuff waiting for care or receiving care behind the stage. Would love to see the Tested crew visiting these laboratories and spaces.
@karlwilliams66262 жыл бұрын
This is right up Adam’s alley. Looks like a lot of fun.
@ambsquared2 жыл бұрын
I love the Udvar Hazy Center. You can see some of the larger restoration projects from an observation area. Basically the hangar with the planes and helicopters in it for restoration. Several years ago I was able to go to a company holiday party that was inside the museum. We had the museum to ourselves from 6PM to 10PM. Our dining area was setup in the Space Shuttle hangar, and a bar near the SR 71. Best holiday party I ever attended.
@fasfan2 жыл бұрын
I like how over their shoulder while talking about the Wright Brother's plane is an overhead layout of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701. There's a historical lineage there that spans real life and science fiction.
@kaviter772 жыл бұрын
All this museum stuff is briliant.
@fader27012 жыл бұрын
Every video you make behind the scenes at the Smithsonian, I will watch, like, and comment.
@CJC_952 жыл бұрын
I could watch Adam go through their entire collection for days haha!
@glennshaffer752 жыл бұрын
I could watch hours of this and never get bored.
@Vickie-Bligh2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Adam, for sharing this. It's fascinating, very interesting, exciting, and wonderful. I appreciate that you use your power for good! That you can get behind the scenes and let us all peek behind the curtain is great. Thank you and Tested again.
@garycheevers26712 жыл бұрын
I could die a happy man if I got to tour behind the scenes there.
@br88dy2 жыл бұрын
I am absolutely blown away. I can’t believe they have the pocket watch worn on the first ever flight
@mittensfastpaw2 жыл бұрын
I like seeing history preserved for others to see.
@JohnFoley17012 жыл бұрын
First thing this guy shows Adam: an MFing tricorder.
@petermerz27042 жыл бұрын
Amazing what goes on behind the scenes! I love the piece of Wright Bros. Plane. Keep up the historic videos, love them! Thanks for sharing!
@scotth47602 жыл бұрын
The Smithsonian is such is such an amazing place but this brief behind the scenes look shows how much more there is thanks Adam for sharing and I would so much love to see more
@gamera19622 жыл бұрын
Love the Air & Space museum and the Udvar Hazy Center. I have visited them several times. If I lived down there I would go every month.
@jamesbarisitz47942 жыл бұрын
A start to finish project at this facility would be epic.👍
@joshua.snyder2 жыл бұрын
I have a XRF, it is such a fascinating tool. Bruker's are excellent.
@Cwjespersen2 жыл бұрын
Kinda funny seeing the NCC-1701 blueprint on the wall of their lab while they’re discussing the Wright brothers rudder.
@danielwendt39272 жыл бұрын
Thank you Adam for this peek into such an amazing facility. These conservators do fascinating work!
@NoClassic2 жыл бұрын
Wow that Wright brothers aircraft component is amazing to have in that condition
@TreeCutterDoug2 жыл бұрын
I'm completely awestruck. I've visited the Udvar Hazy center once before, and it's high on my list of places to check out a second time, especially with the different perspective that Adam has given us.
@86fifty2 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!! The tiny screws on the pocket watch!? I know more about it than I used to, due to this channel and Adam's love of Clickspring. The more you know about it, the more impressive this all is!
@msbrickkitten68822 жыл бұрын
I adore the Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian over the one on the mall. It feels like you're just walking around the hangar and getting to be close to the objects, and they're placed with care, but, they don't feel as staged as the Air and Space museum on the Mall. I think I spent an hour on one visit just watching restoration work on an old seaplane...
@MrChief1012 жыл бұрын
As much as i like their Enterprise restoration (8:16) I would have really enjoyed watching the disassembly of this Flyer piece.
@tractorsold12 жыл бұрын
They had an open house a few years ago, and at the time they were restoring the Hercules model of the Enterprise. I have pictures of the disasemmbled Enterprise, including shots looking inside. As Scotty said "NCC-1701, no A, B, C, or D."
@digitaIgorilla2 жыл бұрын
2:32 Captain America's first hero suit snuck in there.
@kentbarnes19552 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you visit the Garber Facility someday. They have some one of a kind aircraft awaiting restoration...someday hopefully
@thomasives75602 жыл бұрын
You should check out the Pima Aircraft Museum in Tucson - they have an amazing collection and a great restoration shop full of experienced folks. Their "Hangar 5" restoration shop has a little golf cart with a very practical motto/sign: "Trim to suit, pound to fit, then Bondo." I've heard from many old auto restorers that their job is 70% perspiration, 20% inspiration, and 10% lead-fill (old school Bondo).
@grahamrankin47252 жыл бұрын
Conservators are artists and scientists.
@tvs58622 жыл бұрын
02:13 is that an Apollo issued Speedmaster 105.012? Last I heard, Buzz's original "Moonwatch" was lost in transit on the way to the Smithsonian! Imagine what it would be worth if it ever made ti to auction!!
@kenenglish1242 жыл бұрын
John Glenn's 60th Anniversary is coming up on 2-20-2022. Are you planning anything for it? I saw the Friendship-7 capsule twice when I was a kid.
@JoviusAquariums2 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Thanks for posting! If you ever come to Huntsville you should check out the Space and Rocket Center.
@mutantryeff2 жыл бұрын
The 100 year old pilot of 'Old Crow' had a celebration in Auburn, CA on Saturday - 1/17/2022.
@Epickirby642 жыл бұрын
Have a good day everyone
@jfirebaugh2 жыл бұрын
The Wright military flyer was demonstrated to the Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX.
@videoartduo2 жыл бұрын
i could watch this for hours thank you so much
@alwayscensored68712 жыл бұрын
That XRF would be handy to analyses the Paradise fires debris. Those were strange fires.
@LIamaLlama5542 жыл бұрын
Udvar-Hazy is one of the coolest things to see in the DC area. Check it out if you never have.
@basile12862 жыл бұрын
"fighting entropy" i like that statement
@TeslaTales592 жыл бұрын
Very cool. More visits please.
@rjnation50422 жыл бұрын
Hey Adam have you ever seen the documentary film from Australia that shows the Wright brothers got the ideas from some guy in Australia? Smithsonian has a signed agreement with the Wright family saying if they admitted to flight before Wright brothers they loose the Wright flier, hummm, It's called Who Flew First, Challenging The Wright Brothers, the guy was Gustave Whitehead, Rj in Oz
@andyfirthbespoke2 жыл бұрын
I can fully understand the conservation on the Wright military flyer but I'd just give the air to ground missile a wipe with a damp cloth🤔
@johnwatson39482 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I was in these back rooms of the Smithsonian and asked about an excellent copy on the wall of one of Robert McCalls famous 2001 movie paintings - of course the reply was “that’s the original”.
@DamianDeEu2 жыл бұрын
Bruv! This tour was savage!
@jonduke44722 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda torn between seeing it get the attention it needs vs wondering why it's not in Dayton :). So cool to see, thanks!
@letsgocamping882 жыл бұрын
1:52 there's an applied science video about those devices
@peterkelley63442 жыл бұрын
The Wright Pocket Watch. Have they spoken to Marshall from KZbin's Wristwatch Revival?? Yes the jewel(s) might have to be replaced but I bet Marshall could get it running again! He would have the professional respect to do that kind of work!
@alanholck79952 жыл бұрын
The Wrights had a major problem with the Smithsonian because the director was a protege of Langley (former Smithsonian director), & had labeled Langley’s Aerodrome as the first aircraft capable of flight. It actually only flew (barely) in 1914 after heavy modification by Glenn Curtis. Orville Wright sent the 1903 Flyer to the London Science Museum; it wasn’t transferred to Smithsonian until after Orville’s death in 1948.
@gavindean2 жыл бұрын
wow we need to see more vids like this so interesting
@olekaarvaag94052 жыл бұрын
8:46 Shocked me for half a second
@Prifly702 жыл бұрын
That scanner though. Hand held, can figure out what anything is made of? So very Star Trek. The future is here !
@Michael-nf1ej2 жыл бұрын
Just great stuff Adam!!
@theenginehousegarage14852 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!
@deltatango57652 жыл бұрын
I want to live in the Air & Space Museum
@andrewfischer85642 жыл бұрын
2:00 that right out of star trek.
@harbl992 жыл бұрын
1:30 -- "This is our x-ray cannon. We use it only for...legitimate scientific purposes." Oh, dis gon be gud.
@treyreppe43482 жыл бұрын
There is a company near my hometown that was founded to make a xray spectrogragh to measure anything from mining ore to radioactive elements
@Carter-dv4hz2 жыл бұрын
What time was the pocket watch stopped at?
@DGunnellCRSTX2 жыл бұрын
Adam looks happy as a kid in a candy store that sells miniature functional candy stores! (I would be too!)
@Random37162 жыл бұрын
I don't know how else to put this but that x-ray scanner looks exactly like something that does the thing that it does would look.
@bsanders91062 жыл бұрын
AWWWESOOOOME!
@joermnyc2 жыл бұрын
It makes sense that the early airplanes used sprockets, chains and cables… the Wright’s were bicycle makers after all.
@maxim06662 жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff.
@andrews82592 жыл бұрын
How can I apply to work with them? I think I'm highly qualified.
@undefined402 жыл бұрын
Who else discovered that Star Trek reference in the Lab?
@bbb462cid2 жыл бұрын
For a second I thought the thumbnal was Adam playing drums
@Samlowry27B-62 жыл бұрын
how do they both stop their glasses fogging? thats the real question
@Demolishionist2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing through the whole video
@eleanorstrong83152 жыл бұрын
I believe Adam's don't because of the tight fit. He included information about his masks on a vid but I can't remember which one. I went to order some and they were sold out.
@The_Vanished2 жыл бұрын
The aviation shroud of Turin
@youtert2 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta till the curator pulls out a ray gun
@f1matt2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@umbraelegios41302 жыл бұрын
Entropy; The game where if you are lucky you can break even for awhile. But you can never win.
@bar04z2 жыл бұрын
Agent Smith voice: "People exude... stuff"
@christopherwilliambrooks39812 жыл бұрын
🙏
@woof35982 жыл бұрын
did not know some of the exhibits were hidden during WW II
@mog3982 жыл бұрын
Dude casually has a tricorder
@TJRohyans2 жыл бұрын
Seems like there should have been a lot more people there working.
@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE2 жыл бұрын
Cool
@sceneugh2 жыл бұрын
"people exude stuff" what he really means is people are farting all over the artifacts LOL
@milsgarage2 жыл бұрын
Second by 16sec**
@mikeuk6662 жыл бұрын
Ok kid go tell mommy
@nicandknacksandseans2 жыл бұрын
Po' boys' ear about to fall off!
@mikeparker38652 жыл бұрын
Thermo Fisher makes a better analyzer than Bruker.
@johnwatson39482 жыл бұрын
Maybe if these folks had done the replica Atomic bomb at the Air Force Museum it would be painted in the zinc chromate mustard color of the original and not Insignia Yellow.
@gwendyp1252 жыл бұрын
They should pay a professional watchmaker to restore that pocket watch. He seemed surprised of how tiny the pieces were and how difficult it would be. Clearly doesn't know what a horologist is capable of accomplish
@peterkelley63442 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree. They ought to do that.
@vigunfighter2 жыл бұрын
No one, nobody will tell this poor guy that his ear is all bent over!...
@perry929642 жыл бұрын
adam sounded like he was talking into a cup, the other guy was ok
@Carter-dv4hz2 жыл бұрын
Deterioration is a key element of history. Its natures version of timekeeping. Orvilles watch was dirty and corroded, That's not his watch anymore now. Disassembling and removing/replacing glue from the watch & other objects. ===========================Equals================================ Disassembling the pyramids and replacing the plaster mortar with modern concrete.
@Pygar22 жыл бұрын
Deterioration breeds deterioration; the cleaner it is, the longer the world has it.
@MrSteelface962 жыл бұрын
if that dude took op his mask, im convinced i'd see the doctor from treasure planet xD