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Should Perishable Art Be Saved? | Conservation Lab
When art goes off script, those in charge of its survival have to follow.
How to Preserve Human Specimens | Conservation Lab
We talked to the guy who's responsible for rehydrating dried-up fetuses, fixing wonky skeletons, and cleaning skulls at the Mütter Museum.
How the City of Paris Preserves 13 Million Photographs | Conservation Lab
The birthplace of photography hires a team of experts that specialize in everything from daguerreotypes to digital prints.
We Hit the Studio with a Private Painting Restorer | Conservation Lab
Restoration artist Aldo Peaucelle shows us how to save a painting.
Inside the Haunting Restoration of a Gas Chamber Execution Sculpture | Conservation Lab
MoMA conservators have saved Bruce Conner’s disturbing sculpture from storage.
How Replicas Could Save Threatened Artworks | Conservation Lab
Digital facsimiles ensure originals remain intact—but how do they affect the way we experience art?
How Architectural Restoration Bridges Time and Space | Conservation Lab
As architectural conservators peel back layers of paint, they unlock layers of meaning.
Go Behind the Scenes of the Met’s Costume Institute | Conservation Lab
Agile hands mend seven centuries’ worth of fashion history at the Costume Institute’s conservation lab.
Microscopic Photos of Wood Are Gorgeous Biological Abstractions | Conservation Lab
Wooden art objects have lovely lines, inside and out.
The Unusual Chemistry of an Experimental Master Artist | Conservation Lab
A major retrospective of László Moholy-Nagy's work at the Guggenheim called for extensive conservation and research, yielding new insights into the Bauhaus artist’s innovative process.
CT Scans Reveal the Youngest Mummified Fetus Ever Found | Conservation Lab
Medical imaging was used to identify the minuscule fetal skeleton bundled inside a coffin in the Fitzwilliam Museum's collection.
To Preserve Digital Film Culture—Or Lose It Forever | Conservation Lab
The challenges of digital data preservation are hitting the cinema sector, and it's a doozie.