Part exhibition, and part working laboratory, a glass-enclosed conservation lab brings you right into a museum conservator’s world. See the tools of the trade and watch as conservators work on a wide array of Egyptian objects including rare paintings, ancient funerary objects, and, of course, mummies! Enjoy this unique opportunity to follow conservators as they protect, restore, and preserve pieces of ancient Egyptian history in this 2,000 square foot exhibition.

Read the Eligibility, Requirements, and Awards Descriptions to see how to apply.  The application process is entirely online and applications are due March 8, 2013.  The 2013 Richard H. Driehaus National Preservation Awards will be presented in Indianapolis, IN on November 1, 2013.  Click here to read about 2012 Award recipients!  Video highlights of the 2012 recipients are now available! Please visit each individual recipient's page to see that video or go to YouTube.com/PreservationNation. A video of the 2012 Richard H. Driehaus National Preservation Awards Ceremony can be seen here.  

It is continually developing and augmenting its reference library of art and artist's materials in order to better comprehend the methods used to make art in the past. Reference materials have been crucial in allowing conservators to build comprehensive spectral libraries and, more recently, to translate these reference libraries into easily accessible online databases. click here

From archaeological digs in Guatemala and Turkey, to earthquake-devastated museums in Haiti, to universities in Canada and California, Caitlin O'Grady's career covers a lot of ground. View Article

In a move bound to leave many Greeks and scholars aghast, Greece's culture ministry said Tuesday it will open up some of the debt-stricken country's most-cherished archaeological sites to advertising firms and other ventures. View Article

David Maisel turns xrays into artworks through his project; "History's shadow". During his residency at the JPaul Getty Museum, photographer David Maisel became inspired by the xray image as an art object itself. 

A former 212,000 sq. ft pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is to be the home of Yale’s newly established Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage...http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/New-heritage-preservation-institute/24253

Inside the Conservators Art- A behind the scenes look at conservation at the Phoebe Hearst

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