Inside the Conservator's Studio

A few months ago I was fortunate to have a visit with Monique Pullan , a conservator of organic artifacts at the British Museum . I was inte...

One of my local museums, MiSci , in Schenectady, New York, is a popular hands-on science oriented museum. During my last visit, I was greatl...

The journeys of historical artifacts often take many twists and turns; their stories become embellished and some undergo physical changes th...

Unusually warm temperatures last week have caused rivers and creeks in our area to swell, flooding low-lying areas. Earlier this winter the ...

If you don't know it by now, we at Spicer Art Conservation think about magnets a lot. And with Gwen's book, Magnetic Mounting for Ar...

What do you do when you are asked to perform the seemingly impossible? You bring in the troops. Much of conservation and museum work is ab...

Here at Spicer Art Conservation, LLC, we are finishing the treatment of several wool uniforms from several military conflicts. The uniforms ...