Before conservation (Frans Schwartz (1850-1917), Annunciation, 1899, etching, 8 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches. Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 2014.) (Photo courtesy of Christina Thomas) After ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — World Nature Conservation Day, celebrated annually on July 28, reminds people of the importance of a healthy natural environment and the need to protect natural resources.

At the Huntington Art Gallery, a small crowd forms around senior paintings conservator Christina O’Connell’s miniature makeshift arena. As part of “Project Blue Boy,” a year-long exhibition on the ...

Conservation biology is considered to be a 'crisis discipline', and therefore requires an arsenal of approaches and techniques to ensure that educated, rapid decisions about endangered species and ...

A team of paleontologists described two amber pieces found in sites in Teruel (Spain) with remains from vertebrates corresponding to the Early Cretaceous. Both pieces have their origins in the same ...

Art conservation goes on every day at the Smithsonian’s many museums and research centers, but usually out of public view. The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art, however, will buck that trend this ...

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Reasons for Preserving the Past -- The Importance of the Past -- Remains ...