Conservation Panel: Preparing the Collections for Their New Home
Installation of the Mallorcan Stairway in the new Museum's entrance hall, 2024. Photo: Jeffrey Evans
Hear from conservators on the monumental task of installing artworks in the new Museum.
How would you go about dismantling, treating, and reinstalling a 500-year-old staircase? Or conserving an ancient Roman mosaic before it’s installed beneath a glass floor? Hear from conservators on the years of preparation—from treatment highlights to unexpected challenges—that helped get the collections ready for the new building.
Panelists include Kelly Caldwell, director of conservation, EverGreene Architectural Arts; Adam Jenkins, owner/senior conservator, Adam Jenkins Conservation Services LLC (who worked in partnership with Seth Gartland, conservator and cofounder of Lodestone Conservation); and Elena Torok, associate objects conservator, Princeton University Art Museum. Moderated by Chief Conservator Bart Devolder.
