Atlas Obscura: Museums once coated Native cultural objects in toxic pesticides
July 16, 2020
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Alyce Sadongei, project coordinator for the American Indian Language Development Institute, recently spoke with Atlas Obscura about how museums across the country and world have historically covered sacred cultural items in dangerous chemicals for the purpose of preservation.