Anyone who reads this blog regularly (I hope there are a few of you out there), knows that I am a huge fan of our conservation department.
Even though they have to deal with all that science (ugh), their jobs include a certain amount of mystery as well. Some of their solutions are simply genius (in my mind at least). For example, I never would have thought to bury 320 pounds of finely ground manganese metal in the ground to prevent corrosion of the sculpture Rumi by Mark di Suvero.
We've just started working on a couple more conservation case studies for our website. I'll be sure to let you know when they appear.