The conservation and restoration of paintings is carried out by professional painting conservators. Paintings cover a wide range of various mediums, materials, and their supports. Painting types inclu
Paintings conservation laboratory, Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore
Buddha Plays Monk #6 (single) by Peter Wayne Lewis. Acrylic on linen.
Apostles Philip and Jacob. XVIII c. Egg tempera on wood. Before and conservation.
Mummy portrait of a girl, AD 120–150, Roman Egypt, wax encaustic painting on sycamore wood
Disaster preparedness in museums, galleries, libraries, archives and private collections, involves any actions taken to plan for, prevent, respond or recover from natural disasters and other events th
Conservation and restoration of paintings
…practices. All components of a painting will react to its environment differently, and impact the artwork as a whole. These material components along with collections care (also known as preventive conservation) will determine the longevity of a painting. The first steps to conservation and restoration is preventive…
Recovery efforts after an arson-caused fire consumed newspapers, photos, documents, books, and historic artifacts in museum.
A cloud forest and a hygrometer
The National Museum of Brazil fire in September 2018
Secured display cabinets at Chester Beatty Library