Conservation Gallery Talk: Caring for 19th-Century Photography
- Cost
- Free | Registration encouraged
- Event Location
- Meet in the G Street Lobby
- Categories
- Building
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Part of series
Join Mellon Photography Conservator Ariadna Romer and Bank of America Photography Conservation Fellow Emma Dacey to explore the conservation of 19th-century cased photographs recently installed in the museum’s collection galleries. This program will highlight key preservation strategies for these historical objects.
Exhibitions
September 18, 2026–April 18, 2027
This exhibition brings together selected images from photography surveys that document life in the United States, with a focus on the years before and after the Bicentennial in 1976.