University of Michigan

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology of the University of Michigan will conserve and re-mount 22 large-scale watercolors painted by Italian artist Maria Barosso in 1925-27. The museum's first director commissioned the paintings that depict a famous fresco cycle at the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii. The conservation project will provide greater access to the works for scholars, students and the public and will include an educational component for the public on the importance of collections care and conservation issues.