Norman Rockwell Museum

The Norman Rockwell Museum will conserve 28 drawings on paper by anatomy and figure-drawing teacher George Bridgman (1864–1943) and purchase new flat-file storage furniture to safeguard the entire newly acquired collection of 100 drawings. To halt further deterioration and to make the collection readily accessible for study and exhibition, conservators will clean surfaces; remove tapes and adhesives; reduce stains; and humidify, press, and secure each drawing. Following treatment, the museum will announce the first-time accessibility of the collection via a national mailing/e-blast. The drawings will be featured in a multimedia exhibition illuminating the conservation process, which will include a series of talks during its installation, and by images and new scholarship about Bridgman’s contributions posted on the museum website.