Adam Savage's Tested Videos

Discover this exciting new series of videos created by Adam Savage (formerly of MythBusters) and his team from the YouTube channel Tested, filmed at Harpers Ferry Center (HFC). These videos takes you behind the scenes of all five conservation labs—textiles, book and paper, furniture/wood, inorganic objects, and organic objects—and the National Park Service (NPS) History Collection.

Each video showcases the innovation, craftsmanship, and dedication that define HFC’s work. These stories capture the passion and expertise our staff bring to preserving the nation’s heritage.

Adam Savage and Conservator Fran Ritchie discuss treatment of a Bald eagle. (NPS photo)

Visit Adam Savage's Tested NPS Museum Conservation Lab playlist to watch all the videos in the series or explore them below.

• How to Wash a 157-Year-Old Newspaper

• National Treasures: Where America’s Historical Artifacts Are being Preserved

• What Happens when Taxidermy Fails

• How to Replicate a Long-lost Patterned Fabric

• Ouch! Here’s What Happened

• Adam Savage Makes “Leather” Out of Silicone

• Adam Savage Learns How Noiseless Typewriters Work!

• Restoring a Bald Eagle When Its Feathers are Illegal

• Should Replicas be Allowed in Museums?

• Adam Savage Falls Down the Rabbit Hole of NPS Badges

• Restoring a 19^th Century Watchmaker’s Treasures

• Adam Savage Experiences Serious Tool Envy at NPS

• Using PAPER to Repair a TEXTILE

• The Painstaking Conservation of Eisenhower’s Armchairs