Refreshing a View of Venice: How Paper Conservators Clean a Print
SAAM conservator Kate Maynor explains the delicate process of washing paper
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SAAM Stories: Conservation
What happens at SAAM’s art conservation facility? Behind-the-scenes reporting of essential preservation work from the perspective of conservators and experts at the Lunder Conservation Center.
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A Fragile Roman Mosaic Glass Bowl Reveals Its Secrets
Go behind-the-scenes with conservators who make a fascinating discovery about a rarely seen Roman glass bowlCategories -
The Mystery Around a Byzantine-style Necklace
Uncovering the secrets of one of SAAM’s treasuresCategories -
Making William H. Johnson’s Sunflowers Bloom Again
SAAM's conservation fellow explores the extra challenges of treating an iconic artwork during the pandemicCategories -
Using Science to Uncover Secrets of Alma Thomas
Conservators at SAAM uncover new aspects of the influential artist’s workCategories -
Unpacking and Preserving William H. Johnson’s Fighters for Freedom Series
Explore William H. Johnson’s powerful “Fighters for Freedom” series through the lens of a conservator.Categories -
Level Up: Playing to Document and Preserve Video Games
Ever wonder what it takes to conserve and preserve video games? Our collections care initiative fellow at SAAM tells us how.Categories -
Mysteries of the First Mastodon
Conservator Ariel O'Connor unearths the mysteries behind Charles Willson Peale’s mastodon.Categories -
Stemming the Tide: A Call to Climate Action for Cultural Heritage
Looking at climate change and cultural heritage worldwide as we honor the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.Categories -
Shelter from the Storm: the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
SAAM conservators help to preserve cultural heritage when natural disaster strikes.Categories -
Handle with Care: Consolidating Bill Traylor’s Artwork
Paper Conservator Catherine Maynor shares her experience examining and treating Bill Traylor’s artwork.Categories -
Conservation: A Tale of Two Summers
CIBA intern Matthew Fields describes his work conserving a diorama from 1940.Categories -
Through the Eye of the Needle: Treating a 1940 Diorama
CIBA conservator Tamara Dissi talks about her work conserving a diorama from 1940.Categories -
Conservation in the Digital Age
Media Conservator Dan Finn addresses the challenges of conserving Jenny’s Holzer’s sculpture For SAAM, a 29-foot column that projects animated phrases onto the cylinder using LED lights.Categories -
Where Is Everybody? Behind-the-Scenes in the Lunder Conservation Center
One of the questions we hear most often from visitors to the Lunder Conservation Center is "where are the conservators?"Categories -
Art Conservation: Stretching a Very Large Gene Davis Painting
As often as art conservators do a standard treatment on a work of art in our collection, there is always an opportunity to learn a new approach to solving a challenging task. In the case of Gene Davis: Hot Beat (closing April 2, 2017), paintings conservator Amber Kerr coordinated with staff members from our design and registrar teams to manage the conservation treatments for several extremely large canvas paintings. Each had been rolled in storage for years.Categories