The Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City has a conservation lab "open" to the public. Note that this is a private, for profit museum so it may be operating with different ideas than a private non-profit, but when I visited last summer it was quite interesting. Also a great example of visible storage.

http://www.1856.com/ then go to the Exhibits tab - floorplan -- #15 Lab.

Dan

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Karen Kroslowitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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?

 

NMAH’s Star Spangled Banner project comes close – but the actual treatment process was not on display.  The California Academy of Sciences Project Lab is an example of what I’m seeking - http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/projectlab/.

 

Thanks everyone!

-Karen

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