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  • April 19, 2022
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The Trials and Tribulations of an 18th-Century Candelabrum: Evolving Approaches to Art Conservation

This blog comes to us from Annika Blake-Howland, a graduate intern with the Museum’s Conservation Department in March 2022. Annika is currently completing her final year of her Master’s in Art Conservation at SUNY Buffalo State College. She is an … Read more →

  • Posted in: Conservation, From the Collections, Research, Volunteers & Interns
  • May 20, 2021
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When Glass Meets Minimalism: Edward James and His Art Deco Glass Lamps

This blog comes to us from Rose Zhou, Sujin Jung, and Rick Li, MA Conservation Studies students at West Dean College on the south coast of England. Rose, Sujin, and Rick have been interning with The Corning Museum of Glass … Read more →

  • Posted in: Conservation, Volunteers & Interns
  • December 1, 2020
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CSI (Conservation Special Investigation): Blaschka

Like forensic investigators, conservators collect, examine, and document evidence to help solve mysteries. This is the story of one such investigation. The Backstory The incredibly life-like and detailed invertebrate models made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the mid to … Read more →

  • Posted in: Conservation, From the Collections, Research
  • June 30, 2020
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An Unusual Charge: Conserving a Volta’s Straw Electroscope

As a conservator at a glass museum, most of the conservation treatments I do are on glass, but sometimes we are faced with other, less expected materials. One of the more unusual treatments I’ve done recently was repairing the straws … Read more →

  • Posted in: Conservation, From the Collections, Recent Acquisitions
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