Paintings Preserved: Conserving Chester County's Art History (Virtual)

Chester County History Center

A conversation between Curator Ellen Endslow and Conservator Mark Bockrath about the challenges and successes of preserving paintings.

To highlight Conservation Week 2023, Mark Bockrath, paintings conservator, will discuss examples from the CCHC museum collection that he's worked on, and the challenges and rewards involved with art conservation. Ellen Endslow, CCHC's Curator, will join him to share the thought process behind how CCHC chooses which paintings to conserve first, and the detailed work required to safeguard them for future generations. With conservation funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, these paintings by local artists of local subject are good examples of just one aspect of the work that the Collections team at Chester County History Center does every day.E﻿vent is Pay As You Wish! Your donation goes to the care and conservation of over 750,000 manuscripts, 100,000 photographs, and 70,000 artifacts.Presentation is via Zoom, and will be recorded and available for 7 days for all registered participants. We will email out a Zoom link the day of the presentation, and email a link to the recording within 48 hours. Note: the Zoom link emailed out the day of the presentation only takes you to the live presentation; the link emailed out the day after will contain the recorded version.

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