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Category: Conservation

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Party Like It’s 1908

Peacock Room
Conservator using a very small paintbrush to paint in areas of lost paint on a shutter in the Peacock Room.
September 12, 2022September 13, 2022

Phase One of the Peacock Room Conservation Project Is Complete!

Peacock Room
detail of two conservators working on a panel below a window
August 1, 2022August 15, 2022

The Conservation Work Begins!

Peacock Room
a conservator dusts the peacock room shelves
June 13, 2022August 15, 2022

Conserving the Peacock Room

Peacock Room
In-gallery photo of Buddhist sculptures at the Freer Gallery of Art
November 22, 2020November 22, 2020

This Day in Freer History: November 22, 1920

Amitabha, Buddha, Buddhism, C.T. Loo, Charles Lang Freer, China, east Asia, Eugene and Agnes Meyer, Freer at 100, Freer History, John E. Lodge, Katharine Nash Rhoades, provenance, sculpture, Xiangtangshan
September 9, 2019March 25, 2020

The Plain Pier of Beautiful Harmonies

Jiro Ueda positions the handscroll for reflectance imaging spectroscopy
August 22, 2019March 25, 2020

Scientific Imaging of a Japanese Handscroll

Japan
Volunteer Larry DeVore at work
May 10, 2018March 25, 2020

Honoring Our Volunteers: Protect and Serve

volunteers
Marshal Xin of Thunder
November 7, 2017March 25, 2020

Chinese Painting Conservation in Action

paintings
James McNeill Whistler’s watercolor “Blue and Silver: Chopping Channel”
November 23, 2016March 25, 2020

Whistler’s Watercolors: Sneak Peek

F1905.120a-b, F1907.170a-d
Detail, The Death of the Historical Buddha
September 15, 2016May 23, 2022

Reviving “The Death of the Historical Buddha”

Conservator examining Whistler's drawings
August 17, 2016March 25, 2020

A Journey into Whistler’s Drawings

F1898.171, F1898.172, James McNeill Whistler
Guardian figure; Japan, Kamakura period, 1185–1333; wood (Cryptomeria japonica); Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1949.20
May 9, 2016March 25, 2020

ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger

detail of a jade ceremonial object
December 2, 2015March 25, 2020

Shining a Light on Jades at the Freer|Sackler

F1917.28, jade
August 26, 2015March 25, 2020

Museum TLC: Sound Advice

Asia After Dark
Detail, Blue and Gold: The Rose Azalea
August 4, 2015March 25, 2020

Beyond the Instagram Filter

James McNeill Whistler
June 23, 2015March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Crystal Clear

The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana; Punjab Hills, India, ca. 1780; opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Purchase, F1930.84
April 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Mats Matter

F1930.84, paper
geometric pattern
October 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Tools of the Manuscript Illustrator (part two)

Islam, manuscripts
August 28, 2014March 25, 2020

Larger Than Life: Restoring the Empress Dowager

Empress Dowager Cixi
August 20, 2014March 25, 2020

Remembering Collector Robert H. Ellsworth

calligraphy, F1985.30
July 10, 2014March 25, 2020

X-Ray Visions

Egypt, F1909.506, x-radiography
June 19, 2014March 25, 2020

Zooming In: Geometric Patterns in Islamic Paintings

F1946.12.147, Haft Awrang, manuscripts
June 3, 2014March 25, 2020

Spring Cleaning in Paper Conservation

mold, paper
September 30, 2013March 25, 2020

X-Ray Art: The Conservator Will See You Now

Buddha, James McNeill Whistler
April 17, 2012March 25, 2020

Squeezing is Believing

Ernst Herzfeld, Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran, Persepolis
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