6/30/2022
We hope you’ve enjoyed reading about their treatment progress and enjoy seeing them back in the galleries on your next visit!
5/12/2022
This beaded bag from the 1920s is in the textile conservation lab for some stabilization where some of the beading threads were broken, but it presented a special challenge...
5/5/2022
This week in objects conservation: In contrast to our very large Jain shrine, this week we are working on a very tiny shrine!
4/14/2022
This silk chiffon scarf--part of a dress by designer Anna Jeanne Hallée designed in 1924—is undergoing conservation for significant loss and weakness where only shreds and threads remained around the central section.
4/7/2022
This week in objects conservation: We take another look at the progress being made on our 17th C Jain Shrine.
3/10/2022
This week in objects conservation: another large architectural object has entered the conservation lab!
2/10/2022
This week in the objects conservation lab: A beautiful wooden cabinet inlaid with ivory and brass.
1/20/2022
It’s getting weavy weird in the textile conservation lab this week!
12/16/2021
This week in objects conservation, we’re doing the finishing touches to the 100+ objects being installed in our newly renovated Ancient Middle East Gallery, opening Saturday, December 18.
11/18/2021
We’ve come a long way on the treatment of the Elizabeth Hawes flag dress! If
9/15/2021
In the objects conservation lab this week: we have a beautiful, though heavily tarnished, 19th C silver bowl in the lab being treated before going on display next year.
8/26/2021
It’s time for a bath in textile conservation.
8/19/2021
In Objects Conservation: This 19th C carved wooden box is in the lab undergoing conservation before display in an upcoming reinstallation of our South Asian Art Galleries.
7/29/2021
This summer, Michelle Leung has the amazing opportunity to intern here in textile conservation, funded through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
7/22/2021
Catch this newly stabilized object back on display in the Islamic galleries later this year!
7/1/2021
Woman’s folk costume, 1900-1950, Korea, glazed linen; Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Mosher, 1966.1505ab
6/24/2021
This week in objects conservation: Anytime an object is selected for display our objects conservator assesses its condition to determine whether it is stable, or whether it needs conservation treatment before display.
5/27/2021
These two ceramic pieces have the same condition issues we see in many ceramic objects conserved in the early to mid 20th C.
4/29/2021
This week we have a 16th C mug decorated with ships, seas, and animals.
4/8/2021
Precision dyeing and color-matching is an important part of textile conservation and this week, we have a dyed-to-match success to report for this silk Argentine flag from the Elizabeth Hawes Flag Dress.
4/1/2021
This week we have an 18thC Islamic ceramic vessel with beautiful underglaze decoration.
3/11/2021
Conservation of the 24 “Dollyver” family member is finally complete!
3/4/2021
This week in objects conservation: this 16th century Iznik plate is in the lab receiving treatment.
2/11/2021
22 pairs of women’s shoes from the 1950s are being prepared for an appearance in the galleries.
2/4/2021
The lab is full of architectural stones as we get ready to reinstall our Nabataean galleries.
1/21/2021
Last week our paper conservator visited the Contemporary Arts Center downtown to deinstall the museum’s Panorama of the Procession.
1/15/2021
It was laundry day in textile conservation again! This length of Korean silk is part of a sculpture by Nam June Paik (1936-2006).
1/7/2021
This bowl, from Iraq, is a beautiful example of lusterware. Luster is an iridescent effect produced by metallic oxides in the overglaze.
12/29/2020
For the past several years, the Cincinnati Art Museum has been a host site for the Ohio History Service Corps (OHSC), an AmeriCorps program dedicated to preserving local history across the state of Ohio.
12/17/2020
We’re still unearthing treasures as we unpack and settle back into our renovated Paintings/Object lab.