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Stem Minute | Using technology to protect priceless artifacts at ALPLM

  • Sep 15, 2025
  • Sep 15, 2025 Updated Sep 15, 2025
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Stem Minute | Using technology to protect priceless artifacts at ALPLM

Stem Minute | Using technology to protect priceless artifacts at ALPLM

The items held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) in Springfield are invaluable and also incredibly fragile. 

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