Meanwhile, staff and volunteers tackled the chore of cleaning the china and silver collection, some of which had been on display, but much of which was in the archive collection. China expert, Dr. Tom Nichols took the china home to clean and inspect. Sandi Cobb, Betty Morris and Ray Wells spent a lot of time washing the silver.
Karen Bertini , who is real life is a nurse, gave all the volunteers and staff tetanus shots, provided by her and Dr. John Bertini.
Karen Bertini preparing a tetanus shot.
Dr. Tom Nichols with silver being removed for cleaning.
Sandi Cobb, Betty Morris & Ray Wells washing, drying & packing china, glassware & silver.
Silver being cleaned and set out to dry.
Karen Bertini washed the linen tablecloths and polished silverware. Michael Ward removed the model railroad cars and buildings and he and his son took them to NASA to clean .
Michael Ward and son carefully washing and restoring model trains in a room furnished by NASA.
Cleaned model railroad items stored at NASA.