Assistant Director for Operations
Phone: 301-238-1233
Fax: 301-238-3709
E-mail Address: FeatherM [at] si.edu
Address:
Museum Conservation Institute
Smithsonian Institution
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Education
B.A. Franklin and Marshall College (1984)
M.S. University of Michigan (1986)
Research Specialties and Interests
- Scientific administration
- Application of electron and x-ray techniques to the study of art objects, archaeological material, and other museum specimens
Recent Publications
Mann, Robert W., Feather, Melanie E., Tumosa, Charles S. and Schneider, K. N. 1998. A Blue Encrustation Found on American MIA Bones from Vietnam. Forensic science international, 97(2-3): 79-86.
Tumosa, Charles S. and Feather, Melanie E. 1992. An Analytical Investigation into the Metallic Composition of the Polushka Struck from 1730-1754. Journal of the Russian Numismatic Society, 45: 14-20.
For more publications, please see the Smithsonian Research Online