Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum will use grant funds to conserve and preserve 190 works of art from the museum’s Ancient, Medieval, Islamic, and early Renaissance collections. This two-year project includes retrofitting 40 cases by applying a vapor barrier to reduce the volatile organic compounds emitted; incorporating new design to increase the air flow within the case; retesting all old and new paints, adhesives, and fabrics included in the casework; and introducing additional sorbents in each case. Results from this project will be shared with the conservation field through a paper or conference presentation. Conservators will use the new conservation window to disseminate information regarding the dangers of indoor pollutants to the objects and the efforts taken at the Walters to minimize the problem.