A Year at the Museum: Collection Care
So much happens behind-the-scenes of a Museum, and even more so within a conservation lab. Tune in to our latest video with Lisa Bruno, Carol Lee Shen Chief Conservator, for peek into how we care for our collections—from reversing outdated treatments to stories behind recent projects and what took place when the Museum shut down due to COVID-19.
Video by Anne Sofie Nørskov, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo Video Fellow
Treatments featured: William Williams, Deborah Hall (1766) ⇨ Cecily Brown (British, 出生 1969). Triumph of the Vanities II, 2018. Purchase gift of John and Barbara Vogelstein in honor of Anne Pasternak © artist or artist’s estate ⇨ Assyrian reliefs, Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashur-nasir-pal II, circa 883–859 B.C.E. Funding for the conservation of the Assyrian Reliefs was generously provided through a grant from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project.