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Conservation intern painting a black and white print of a woman
2021 Summer Getty Marrow Intern in Conservation: Internship...

October 12, 2021
  • Madison Brockman
  • Izik Vu
Here Come the Beetle Wings

July 28, 2021
  • Catherine McLean
Daniel Chodowiecki, 18th century, photo: INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo
A Mouse Ate My Coat!—Conservation of an 18th Century Boy's...

October 26, 2020
  • Catherine McLean
Mystery the Cat, photo courtesy of Catherine McLean
Make Art @ Home—That Darn Cat!

August 4, 2020
  • Catherine McLean
Ilmari Tapiovaara, Annikki Tapiovaara, Keravan PuuteoIlisuus, Domus armchair, 1946
Conserving Finnish Design: Part 2—Conservation of the Domus...

July 22, 2020
  • Staphany Cheng
  • Don Menveg
Ilmari Tapiovaara, Annikki Tapiovaara, Keravan PuuteoIlisuus, Domus armchair
Conserving Finnish Design: Part 1—The Study of the Original...

July 17, 2020
  • Staphany Cheng
  • Catherine McLean
Warp ikat threads being examined by LACMA's Conservation team.
It’s Too Tangled! The Conservation of Ikat Threads in "...

May 13, 2020
  • Catherine McLean
Costume and Textiles staff at work: Sharon Takeda (center) is verbally cataloging the kimono while Jennifer Iacovelli (left) enters the information into the database, and Michaela Hansen (right) is assessing the weave structure.
Behind-the-Scenes in Costume and Textiles—PACMA Edition

April 8, 2020
  • Madeleine Heppermann
  • Rachel Tu
Behind the Scenes in the Pavilion for Japanese Art: Where Did...

December 17, 2018
  • Michael VanHartingsveldt
The Former Life of a Spanish Dalmatic

October 17, 2016
  • Ellen Dooley
Learning from the Tradition: Conservators Store Kimonos in the...

August 25, 2014
  • Eloise Lynton
Over a Thousand Years Ago, Weavers Displayed Amazing Technical...

June 20, 2011
  • Catherine C. McLean
Looking Back on Fashioning Fashion

March 25, 2011
  • Scott Tennent
How the Hatter Went Mad

March 7, 2011
  • Catherine McLean and Charlotte Eng
Saving a Deteriorating Quilt

January 5, 2011
  • Catherine C. McLean
Can You Spot the Fake Buttons?

October 25, 2010
  • Jean Neeman