An article about Barbara Jatta, the new Director of the Vatican Museums and her plans for the institution in the February 1, 2017 issue of The Wall Street Journal (“An Innovator at the Vatican”,by Francis X. Rocca) devotes good number of paragraphs to conservation. Not only are there eight laboratories and more than 150 full-time and part-time conservation personnel, but the Vatican Museums are at the forefront of the green and sustainable conservation movement, taking steps such as replacing toxic synthetic substances with natural materials. The Vatican, which one associates with tradition, is innovative.
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AIC Blog Archives: Conservators Converse
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