Posts tagged “conservation”

Open Training Sessions for Volunteers

Every once in a while, Doris Van Den Brekel, Coordinator of the Gallery Guides, is able to open the Gallery Guide training sessions for ALL volunteers to enjoy. Doris invites you to attend the following: Stories of  Art Conservation at the AGO Monday November 26, 10:00am – 12:00pm in JackmanHall OR (offered again) on Tuesday […]

The Value of “Housekeeping”

“If we get our preventive conservation right, we have much less conservation treatment to do on the artwork itself.” Margaret Haupt is stressing the value of what we might dismiss as housekeeping — things like light, humidity and temperature around the building. She knows their importance, because she is the AGO’s Deputy Director of Collections […]