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Conservation

The conservation department works to preserve all the collections held at the Center and has become an international training center for young conservation and preservation professionals.

Two Mona Lisas
June 9, 2014

2014 AIC Annual Meeting

The 2014 annual meeting conference of the American Institute for Conservation took place last week in San Francisco. It was a GREAT…

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Richard McCoy AIC Great Debate Founder
June 7, 2014

AIC Great Debate

Just when you think your profession has gotten way too serious, somebody like Richard McCoy comes along and shakes things up! Richard…

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June 6, 2014

AIC UV Reference Standard

This amazing research was presented by Jennifer McGlinchey Sexton (former conservation intern at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West) at the annual…

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June 5, 2014

On Mechanical System Shutdown in Collection Storage Areas

Our chief conservator, Beverly Perkins, returned this week from the 42nd annual conference of the American Institute for Conservation held this year…

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May 13, 2014

Rumsey Buffalo Relief arrives in the Whitney

We are thrilled to have the beautiful bronze relief sculpted by Charles Cary Rumsey back in the Whitney Western Art Museum.  “Buffalo…

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Coming Through the Rye.
April 23, 2014

Conserving a Remington Bronze

My name is Shelly Buffalo Calf and I am interning in the conservation lab at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West….

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