A laboratory for art: Harvard's Fogg Museum and the emergence of conservation in America, 1900-1950

Harvard’s Fogg Museum was the first American museum with a scientifically based conservation and research department. During a period of immense growth of collections in the United States, director Edward W. Forbes and associate director Paul J. Sachs developed the Fogg into a vital training ground for a new breed of museum professionals attuned to the materials of art and the effects of environment.

• ISBN: 978-0-300-15469-6
• Editorial: Yale University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés