Proceedings of Objects Specialty Group, Tips Sessions, and Concurrent Sessions
AIC & CAC Joint Annual Conference – Montreal; April 30-May 2, 2026
Conservation at the Intersection of Innovation and Tradition
Edited by Raina Chao, Robert Price, Aliza Taft, and Julie Unruh, with Sarah Montonchaikul, Program Chair
*This Volume is Currently Being Edited
Postprints Abstracts
On The Hunt: Technical Study of a Group of Ceramic Figures from the Munich Residence
Isabel Wagner
From Storage to Spotlight: Conserving Jean Antoine Houdon’s Portrait of Anne Robert Turgot
Katherine Shulman
A Delicate Balance: Treatment Strategies for a Severely Deteriorated WWII-Era Mickey Mouse Gas Mask
Claire Curran
Treatment and Analysis of a South Indian (?) Papier-Mache(?) Sculpture(!)
Rebecca C. Rosen and Dr. Sarah E. Noll
A Flight Through Time: From Smithsonian 2025 to Hue 1967
Vu Do and Lauren Horelick
Unveiling Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Painted Plaster Bust, Why Born a Slave!
Susan Costello, Kate Smith, Marina Kliger, Georgina Rayner, Katherine Eremin, and Cassandra Albinson
“Capital”-izing Opportunities to Explore Novel Fill Materials: The Use of Customizable, Sustainable Foams for the Conservation of a 1970s Chair that is Both Ionic and Iconic
Isabel Schneider, Kate Wight Tyler and Angela Leersnyder
A Final Home for Whales – Collaborative Conservation and Seismic Upgrade of a Public Artwork
Jennifer Correia and Allison Cummigs
Evaluation of Polysaccharide Gels (KXA Gels) and PVOH-Borax Gels for Graffiti Removal on Painted Metal Sculptures
Antonia Diewald and Ellen Moody
Analysis of Individual Objects to Improve Sustainability of Maintaining Conditions for Glass and Stone Collections
David Thickett, C. Harvey, I. Bargagli, and F. Gherardi
Lego Photography Labels
Monika Jankowiak and Laura Lipcsei
Copic Marker Blanks for Toning and Inpainting
Megan Creamer
Site Specific and Monumental – Archaeological Heritage Conservation
A Framework for Climate Risk and Site Vulnerability at Wupatki National Monument
Ha Leem Ro and Frank Matero
Trusting the Process: New Techniques for Reconstructing an Ancient Egyptian Palace
Julia Commander, Michaela Paulson, Jennifer McGough, Luke Boehnke, Gillian Love, Erik Risser and Molly Gleeson
Conserving the Penn Museum Buddhist Murals
Morgan Burgess and Sarah Lavin
Lead: A Collection Component
Lead in Libraries: Detection, Safe Handling, and Waste Characterization
Susan Russick, Lea Faoro, and Lindsey Williams
Preserving Industrial Heritage: Lead-based Coated Iron Gasholder of the Athens Gasworks, Greece
Vasilike Argyropoulos, Maria Giannoulaki, Varvara Marazioti, Artemios Oikonomou, Maria Florou, Argyro Batsi, Marina Stavrakaki, Vivi Tonari, Michalis Andrianakis, Monica Dinu, and Roxana Radvan
Archaeological Heritage
Disassembly, documentation, and treatment of a previously reassembled Bronze Age boat
J P Brown, Nicole Schmidt, Mackenzie Fairchild, Kaitlyn Wright, Jasmine Eleck
Out with the Old, in with the New: Creating a Magnetic Fill for a White-ground Lekythos
Theresa Costello, Marianna Düring and Laurien de Gelder
Conservation of an anonymous ancient Egyptian man: a reckoning with shifting human remains ethics at the Penn Museum
Tessa de Alarcon, Molly Gleeson, Dr. Jennifer Houser Wegner, Ahmed Tarek Ibrahim, Jessica Byler, and Madalyne Epperson
Treatment and Technical Study of a Tang Sancai Funerary Camel
Katherine Peters, Caitlyn Fong, Dr. Chandra Reedy, Ms. Lauren Fair, and Dr. Jocelyn Alcántara-García
The Effect of Oxygen Absence on Ancient Egyptian Pigments: Sterilization of an Ancient Painted Wooden Object Using Anoxia
Mr Ahmed Khairy, Ms Asmaa Mattar, and Mr Ahmed Tarek
Colonialism and the Broader Values Shaping the Management of Zoological Collections
Taxidermy: Through the Looking Glass
Lysimachos Polychronidis
Conservation and Management of Zoological Collections: Towards a Paradigm Shift?
Ekaterini Malea, Evangelos Panagiaris Maleas, Iliani Panagiari Malea and Georgios Panagiaris
Preserving Art and Conscience: The Ethics of Speciesism in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
Elli Touli