Special Event

Ask a Conservator

Friday, November 1, 2024
11:30 am–12:00 pm
Conservation Center
Included with General Admission
Add to Calendar 2024-11-01 11:30:00 2024-11-01 12:00:00 Ask a Conservator 11/01/2024 11:30am Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston tickets@mfa.org America/New_York public

Have you ever wondered what conservators do? Are you interested in becoming a conservator? Do you have questions about caring for your own artworks? Join us on Ask a Conservator Day to hear from MFA conservators working in several different specialties. The 4:30 pm session explores more deeply pathways into conservation, with information on different training programs and conservators sharing how they discovered and pursued a career in art conservation.

Ask a Conservator Day (#AskAConservator) is held annually each November in remembrance of the catastrophic flooding of Florence, Italy, on November 4, 1966, which resulted in loss of life and damaged or destroyed masterpieces. The community came together in response, with conservators from around the world lending their time and expertise. The disaster led to new methods in conservation, the establishment of conservation laboratories, and efforts to promote conservation education. Ask a Conservator Day celebrates the spirit of international collaboration and exchange by inviting visitors to learn about the field and engage directly with conservators.

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.

Participants

11:30 am–12 pm

  • Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training, Paintings Conservation
  • Lila Reid, conservation intern, Furniture and Frame Conservation
  • Emilie Tréhu, associate conservator, Objects Conservation

1:30–2 pm

  • Linsly Boyer, associate conservator, Objects Conservation
  • Angela Lugo, Claire W. and Richard P. Morse Fellow for Advanced Training in Conservation of Works of Art on Paper
  • Alexa Machnik, conservation fellow, Asian Paintings Conservation

2:30–3 pm

  • Linsly Boyer, associate conservator, Objects Conservation
  • Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training, Paintings Conservation
  • Richard Newman, head of Scientific Research
  • Lila Reid, conservation intern, Furniture and Frame Conservation

4:30–5 pm: Pathways into Conservation

  • Alice Limb, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Advanced Training, Paintings Conservation
  • Angela Lugo, Claire W. and Richard P. Morse Fellow for Advanced Training in Conservation of Works of Art on Paper
  • Alexa Machnik, conservation fellow, Asian Paintings Conservation
  • Evelyn Mayberger, assistant conservator, Objects Conservation
  • Emilie Tréhu, associate conservator, Objects Conservation
  • Lydia Vagts, conservator, Paintings Conservation
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Assistive listening system

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Wheelchair accessible

Past Dates and Times

Friday, November 1, 2024

Pathways into Conservation

Friday, November 3, 2023