Conserving Artifacts for the Future As part of the Museum’s ongoing renovation and transformation of all 23 exhibits and public spaces, half of the museum has closed, and nearly 2,000 artifacts have been removed from the Museum’s location on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and taken to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center for conservation and storage in the nearby Dulles Collections Center. Conservators and restoration specialists at the Udvar-Hazy Center were hard at work in 2020 on preserving, conserving, and restoring these artifacts. Although they lost several months of work due to being unable to access the building at the beginning of the pandemic, collections staff were able to execute a staggered return to their workspaces in summer 2020, under strict social distancing, masking, and safety protocols.