Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will enlist the services of paper and book conservators to work with its own collections care and curatorial staff to conduct a detailed conservation survey of 1,390 objects in its permanent Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, and Art Deco collections. The survey will provide the basis for identifying conservation treatment priorities and specialized rehousing needs for posters, rare books, periodicals, and works on paper. Once the project is complete, the museum will be able to display selections from the works-on-paper collection alongside pieces from its decorative arts collections of the same period (1890–1930) in the galleries on a rotating basis, and provide ready access to the materials as period documents valuable in scholarly research.