The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology has a small conservation bench in the galleries where conservation treatments are performed on a regular basis. There's information on their main web page here:
http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/index.php
And a blog here:
http://conservationblog.hearstmuseum.dreamhosters.com/
Gawain
Gawain Weaver
Photograph Conservator
San Francisco Bay Area
tel 415.446.9138
http://gawainweaver.com/
> From: Karen Kroslowitz <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hello listers,
> I’m interested in examples of museums and archives
> that have exhibited preservation and/or active conservation treatments. By
> that, I mean placed the actual processing or treatment “on display”
> – either physically or virtually – and included collections staff
> and conservators. Can anyone cite such a project and preferably provide a url?
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