Showing the Work The Conservation Studios at the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum, newly reopened in 2025, includes cutting-edge art conservation studios, where conservators Bart Devolder and Elena Torok study, prepare, and restore a variety of works for exhibitions. State of the Arts goes behind the scenes to hear some of the fascinating stories behind individual works of art. Princeton's art conservation studios are now open to the public on a monthly basis, showing the usually hidden work that keeps art alive.

Produced and edited by Bob Szuter for State of the Arts. Director of photography, Joe Conlon.

Special thanks to Morgan Gengo, Princeton University Art Museum, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.