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BOSTON (July 19, 2023)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced today the appointment of Lucía Abramovich Sánchez as the Carolyn and Peter…
BOSTON (August 11, 2023)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the Jewish Museum have jointly acquired a pair of rare Torah finials (1729) by…
BOSTON (January 31, 2024)—From cult classics to buzzy new releases, five stunning feature films produced in Japan are screening at the Museum of Fine…
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.
Objects Conservation Laboratory
The Objects Conservation Laboratory cares for three-dimensional artworks from across the Museum’s curatorial areas, nearly one-third of the MFA collections.
The Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Paintings Conservation Studio was established in 1902 in the form of a single Keeper of Paintings, who was responsible for cleaning and repairing artworks. Today, the lab oversees the conservation of all Western paintings in the Museum's collections, including medieval panel paintings, Renaissance frescos and easel paintings, and contemporary works.
Collections Management
Collections Management comprises three intersecting subdivisions: registrars plan and orchestrate logistics for works of art entering and leaving the Museum; collections care specialists are responsible for supervising the movement and safe handling of artworks within the museum; and collections information personnel maintains comprehensive object files and manages Artemis, the Museum's centralized collections management system.