services
Conservation
- Object cleaning and repair, including wood, metal, ceramic, glass, basketry, stone, plaster, leather, and plastic and resin based objects
- Public art and outdoor sculpture maintenance and restoration
- Cleaning and flattening of paper documents and works of art
- Material testing and quality control for conservation assessments and treatments
Preservation
- Conservation framing and seismic mounting
- Fabrication of custom archival storage containers and mounts for display and museum storage
- Assessment and cleaning of museum storage spaces and exhibit areas
- Storage management of collections
- Education and training of staff and volunteers
Collections management
- Collections conditions surveys and assessments of collections and public art
- Development of museum policies, plans and procedures, including Integrated Pest Management, Housekeeping, Handling of Collections, Accessioning and Deaccessioning, and Emergency Preparedness
- Accession records database management
- Exhibit development and installation
EXAMINATION & DOCUMENTATION
For insurance, loan, or exhibition purposes and all work performed:
- Comprehensive examinations
- Detailed condition reports
- Treatment proposals and reports
- Photographic documentation, including inventorying needs