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When Preservation Needs Preserving: The History of Conservation at the Princeton University Art Museum
Preservation is one of the key missions of a museum. A museum’s preservation and conservation efforts are therefore often closely intertwined with the history of the museum. Conservation departments not only care for the objects in a collection but also strive to preserve the tangible and anecdotal information that documents how these efforts were carried out in the past, and by whom.
Bart Devolder, conservator at the Princeton University Art Museum, will elaborate on the past preservation efforts of the Princeton University Art Museum and situate the Museum in the broader picture of the history of conservation in the United States.
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LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970.
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