The David Booth Conservation Department at The Museum of Modern Art is pleased to offer a two-year fellowship in conservation science, starting September 2024. The purpose of the fellowship is to learn how a scientist supports a museum’s mission. Working with staff scientists, and in conjunction with conservators, curators, museum educators, and facilities engineers, the fellow will apply their knowledge and skills to provide scientific information to these stakeholders. In addition, the fellow will help guide and formulate conservation treatments; develop an understanding of the materiality of a collection of objects and how that knowledge may inform where, when, or how an object was made; and study how environmental factors affect an object’s stability. The fellow will complete the program with a broadened skillset and a comprehensive understanding of how these functions interrelate. Besides developing and refining advanced techniques in conservation science, the fellow will be integrated into one of two projects related to improving the storage conditions of photographs or plastics. Time permitting, the fellow will be encouraged to adapt expertise developed elsewhere to enrich the field of heritage science, art conservation, or the museum.
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