The lab will be a 'beacon of preservation' where experts can care for more than 4,000 artifacts in the Alamo's possession, such as a vest worn by David Crockett and a sword belonging to Santa Anna.
Pamela Jary Rosser, conservator at the Alamo gives a demonstration at the Curtis C. Gunn, Jr. Conservation Laboratory on Thursday, May 18, 2023. The laboratory will be the first of its kind on the grounds of the Alamo, providing on-site care for the more than 4,000 items of the Alamo Collection, including the Phil Collins Collections and the Donald and Louise Yena Spanish Colonial Collection.
When Pam Jary Rosser began working as the Alamo’s on-site conservator in 2010, co-workers joked about her “cloffice” — an office the size of a closet. Now, she’s in an environmentally controlled lab covering about 500 square feet, with high-definition screens, storage equipment, an emergency eye-wash station and plenty of counter space and cabinetry to share with Tiffany Lindley, the Alamo’s on-site archaeologist.It’s all the more rewarding that when she comes to work she’s reminded of her “second father.” The new Curtis C. Gunn Jr.
“It means the world to me in my heart that I have a lab that every day, when I walk in, I see his name and I know that he’s watching over me,” said Rosser, who served with Gunn on the board of Mission Heritage Partners, formerly known as Los Compadres. The organization raises private funds to support the federally run historic Spanish missions in San Antonio.
Gunn, founder of Gunn Automotive, died in 2021. His family is one of several donors who contributed a total of $14.4 million for the 24,000-square-foot Ralston Family Collections Center, where the new lab is located. The center’s 10,000 square feet of exhibit space
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