On Monday, November 3, from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, the Conservation Center opens its doors for self-guided tours. Come visit the labs where conservation students will discuss their current research and treatments. Some student projects on view will include:
-St. Apollonia Prayer Card, engraving with die-cut lace edge detail
-14th century Venetian School Madonna and Child
-20th century reverse glass decorated jewelry box
-16th-century panel painting of Lucrezia Romana by the Italian artist Giampietrino
-Archaeological earthenware vessel
-16th century Renaissance engraving
-17th-century Portrait of Giuseppe Renato Imperial by Giovanni Battista Gaulli
-Medieval manuscript leaf with illuminated initial
The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University is the oldest graduate level degree-granting conservation program in North America. As an international leader in research and graduate teaching, the Conservation Center is committed to global engagement and advancing the theory and practice of conservation set within the extended campus of New York City’s incomparable resources.