Director’s Spotlight: Conservation at the Frick

This summer, the Frick Collection is pleased to present a three-part livestream program for members, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary work of our conservation department. Conservators and preparators occupy a singular place in the life of a museum. Though their work often happens behind the scenes, we experience their expertise every time we set foot in the galleries. These are the individuals who care for our art and historic spaces, ensuring that centuries-old treasures will endure for many generations to come. Before our renovation, this team worked in former domestic spaces of the Frick Mansion, which were small and lacking in needed amenities. Now, we are pleased to have created the Sherman Fairchild Center for Art Conservation, the Taihang Cheng Conservation Library, and other state-of-the-art facilities for the treatment, preparation, and study of our collection. These additions represent a transformational leap forward for the Frick, bringing our conservation capabilities to the very forefront of the field. We hope you enjoy this program, and we thank you, our members, for your support, which makes our work possible day-to-day, for the good of our collection and for the benefit of museum-goers now and far into the future.