After a multi-year conservation campaign, the seven sculptures from the Japanese Buddhist Temple Room are back on display. Dating from the Heian period (9th–12th centuries), they represent deities from different sects of Buddhism and were created to serve as devotional figures in temple environments. Some of the condition issues addressed include splitting wood, lifting lacquer and gilding, and discolored old repairs. Learn about these recent efforts to stabilize and clean the sculptures, and hear what conservators have discovered about their original elaborate polychromy, gilding, and cut gold foil designs.

With Evelyn Mayberger, assistant conservator, Objects Conservation Laboratory.

Free with general admission. No advance registration or tickets required. Talks meet at Sharf Visitor Center.