Slovenian researchers help analyse UK’s Trump blimp

Slovenian researchers have helped the Museum of London analyse the composition of a huge baby Donald Trump blimp as part of the museum's efforts to preserve the work and exhibit it in its protest collection.

Made from PVC material, the 6-metre-high inflatable caricature of Trump became a symbol of British protest against the former US president when he visited the UK in 2018 and 2019.

The museum received the work as a donation two years ago and wanted to better understand how such material behaves in the long run and how it should be stored and exhibited to be preserved.

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