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GERALD ROY: A very important quilt in the exhibit is the Yellow and White Baskets. Through my years of teaching color, yellow has always been probably the most difficult, not the most important, but the most difficult color to use. And it’s because the light refractive quality of yellow is greater than any of the other colors in the color wheel. Yellow green, yellow orange, orange, have strong, strong refractive qualities. But yellow has the greatest.
Relocation and conservation of a Roman sculpture of the goddess Juno, early second century A.D.: January 2013, Reattachment of the head With the new…
Relocation and conservation of a Roman sculpture of the goddess Juno, early second century A.D.: March 2013, Replacement of the nose and lips While…
Conservation in Action: Minbar Door
In May 2013, conservators started work on the door of a minbar, or pulpit, in gallery 208 of the Behrakis Wing. The doorway entered the Museum…
Treatment of two sarcophagi, Etruscan Late Classical or Early Hellenistic: June 2013 Masonry experts assess the stability of the coffin bottom with…
Conservation of an Egyptian minbar door, Mamluk period, 1382–98: July 2013 In the past month, significant strides have been made in the stabilization…
IRUG 11 Conference
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is pleased to host the Eleventh Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG) Conference, which will take place on…
MFA receives a transformational gift spanning three centuries of Jewish decorative arts.
The Furniture and Frame Conservation Laboratory, founded in 1971 and significantly expanded in 2001, is responsible for the care and preservation of furniture, frames, musical instruments and period rooms in the Museum’s collections.