All stories
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Conserving Stability: How We Prepare Tapestries to Go on View
Getting ready to hang six large-scale tapestries by Simon Vouet.
By Beth Szuhay, head of textile conservation
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How-To with the Conservators: Mary Cassatt’s Color Prints
Learn how Cassatt made her iconic color print The Letter in 5 steps.
By Christina Taylor, paper conservator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Giving Marie Antoinette’s Canapé a Makeover
How our conservation team made this sofa fit for a queen.
By Magnolia Molcan, interim associate director of digital content
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Special Effects in Japanese Prints
How Japanese printmakers created texture, sparkle, and shine.
By Allison Brewer, Josephine Jenks, and Cyntia Karnes, paper conservators
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How-To with the Conservators: Making a Woodcut Print
Learn how traditional woodcuts were made and create your own.
By Josephine Jenks, paper conservation graduate intern
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Ask a Conservator
What is art conservation, how to become a conservator, weird substances found on artworks, and more.
By our conservation team
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Who’s That Lady? Identifying the Sitter in Our Tudor Portrait
Giving our Portrait of a Lady back her name.
By Elise Effmann Clifford, head of paintings conservation
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Conserving in 3D: Mapping Our Mary Lovelace O’Neal Painting
How do you solve a conservation puzzle? Create your own key.
By Antonia Smith
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Family Business: Della Robbia’s Renaissance Workshop
Della Robbia, an Italian family of highly skilled artists in Renaissance Florence, developed ingenious techniques that gave ceramic sculptures a prominent place in public spaces.
By Teresa Jiménez-Millas
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Q+A: Al Farrow on “The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro”
Gothic cathedrals, guns, and the details that matter.
By Al Farrow, Jane Williams, and Céline Chrétien
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Her Own Route: How Judy Chicago Turned Car Hoods into Art
Learn about Judy Chicago's Birth Hood.
By Jena Hirschbein
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Broadening Perspectives in the Care of Art
Understanding the less tangible aspects of an artwork, especially when it is created within a culture different than our own, requires incorporating varied viewpoints and experiences that museums have too often ignored.
By Tamia Anaya, Jena Hirschbein, and Jane Williams
