Conservators at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague made a surprising and valuable discovery recently while doing some routine restoration work.
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You’d expect that the suit used to protect Neil Armstrong from the harsh atmosphere of the moon would endure a little wear and tear. But it may surprise you that nearly 30 years in a display at the…
A painting long believed to be a skillful imitation of a masterpiece by Botticelli has been revealed to be from the studio of the man himself – all through clever uses of conservation science.
A 600-year-old painting leads two art conservators in Florence on a journey that sheds light on the story of the hundreds of thousands of children who were abandoned, and the women who saved them.…
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The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) announces the completion of almost a decade of research, conservation efforts, and infrastructure improvements at the Tomb of Tutankhamen in…
Explore Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring" up close, and see how it's different (and not) from a high-res 3D print of the painting. We visit the Mauritshuis in The Hague and learn what…
How do conservators attribute paintings to artists? Zahira Bomford, senior conservator of paintings, discusses "Kitchen Maid," a 17th-century painting that has been in the MFAH collection for…
The exhibition Project Blue Boy opened at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens on Sept. 22, 2018, offering visitors a glimpse into the technical processes of a senior…
"How do remains convey what's no longer present?" Curator Janice Kamrin and Conservator Anna Serotta on the coffin of Nedjemankh
Conservator Hayley Tomlinson takes us behind the scenes in Conservation to discuss the cleaning of Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair.
Follow V&A Conservators as they treat an elaborately decorated Japanese palanquin in our collection. Known as a ‘norimono’ in Japanese, meaning ‘thing to ride’, this box-like enclosed chair…
Museum Scientist, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation fellow, Dr. Lucia Pereira-Pardo explains how the Museum employs the latest laser technology to conserve heritage objects.
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