The Conservation Center is a full-service lab offering expert preservation and care across a wide range of materials and services. With decades of experience, we provide comprehensive care and preservation solutions for private collectors, museums, galleries, and institutions—all under one roof.

 
 
A 17th-century oil on panel is stabilized with thin sheets of Japanese tissue during the treatment process to stabilize areas of flaking paint.

PROJECTS

Specializing in preservation and care for paintings, sculptures, antiques, textiles, rare books, photographs, and paper-based artworks, our full-service lab offers customized conservation treatments, framing and display, digital services, Disaster Response support, collection assessments, archives digitization, secure transportation, storage, and installation.

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Claims

The Conservation Center’s Disaster Response team offers expert nationwide assistance for artworks affected by fire, flood, and natural disasters. Assistance is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 
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Departments & Services

Our comprehensive conservation departments and specialty services provide expert care to safeguard diverse collections.

 

Who We Work With

 

The Lab at The Conservation Center

Designed in collaboration with Studio Gang, the conservation laboratory is an open, thoughtfully restored 19th-century space that fosters efficiency and interdisciplinary collaboration across departments.

The laboratory at The Conservation Center, bustling with activity. Several works of art are on display as they are being treated, including a Marilyn print by Andy Warhol.
 

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