Removal of yellowed varnish and retouching for a series of allegorical paintings by 17th-century Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier depicting the five senses as young boys, by Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training. Q and A session from 2:30–3:00 pm.
Watch conservators in action as they clean, stabilize, and prepare artworks for display. Learn how conservators care for the MFA’s collections by viewing work in progress through the glass windows of the furniture and frame conservation lab. At select times listed below, conservators will also be available to talk to visitors, introduce projects, explain the work, and field questions.
Free with general admission. No advance registration or tickets required. Assistive listening devices available upon request.
Meet in the Conservation Center
Take the elevator outside the Bookstore and Shop in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art to the third floor.
Assistive listening system
Wheelchair accessible
Past Dates and Times
Friday, November 1, 2024
Removal of yellowed varnish and retouching for a series of allegorical paintings by 17th-century Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier depicting the five senses as young boys, by Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training. Q and A session from 11:30 am–12:00 pm.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, led by Christine Storti, head of Furniture and Frame Conservation, and associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu, and assisted by Meghan Abercrombie, Gale R. Guild and Henry R. Guild Fellow for Advanced Training, and conservation interns Katherine Love, Patricia Navedo Garcia, and Lila Reid.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, by associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu. Q and A session from 3–3:30 pm.
Consolidation of flaking paint on two carved and painted architectural panels from a 19th-century Japanese building (likely a temple) using Isinglass, a pure form of sturgeon glue, to adhere the lifting surface material, by associate objects conservator Emilie Tréhu.