Exhibitions : Publications : Guides to the Museum & its Collections. Research : Conservation. As a public institution, one of the Museum's primary obligations is the preservation of the collections for future generations.
The Conservation Department is entrusted with this responsibility and is committed to the preservation of this irreplaceable cultural legacy. The conservators dedicate their time to the examination and treatment of works of art, materials research, education, and preservation activities throughout the Museum. Augustus Saint-Gaudens’s Diana has adorned the top of the Museum’s Great Stair Hall for more than eighty years. Created in 1892–93 as a gilded weathervane for the tower of New York’s Madison Square Garden, the beloved sculpture recently underwent a remarkable transformation when conservators repaired and preserved its copper structure and restored its original gold leaf finish.
In 2011, the Museum’s Furniture and Woodwork conservators made an exciting discovery at Mount Pleasant. Research : Archives. Appointments requiredHours: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday (excluding holidays)Location: Perelman Building The Archives of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is comprised of corporate records, manuscripts, personal papers, ephemera, scrapbooks, photographs, and artifacts which chronicle the history of the institution since its founding in 1876.
Some materials have been microfilmed by the Archives of American Art. Researchers are encouraged to use microfilmed copies or other surrogates if original copies are extremely fragile. Please note: when accessing materials, certain types of information may be available because of restrictions that protect the privacy rights of individuals or organizations, legitimate proprietary rights of the Museum, or for other reasons. However, the bulk of the collection is unrestricted and will be made available to researchers on a fair and equitable basis. Research : Museum Library : Visual Resources.
Research : Museum Library. History of Art. The University of Glasgow is the UK's leading centre for the study of History of Art.
An impressive 85% of our research is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent, according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Our expertise covers all major European art historical periods from Antiquity, the Middle-Ages and Renaissance, to Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and contemporary Art. Centre for Textile Conservation and Technical Art History. History of Art.