Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

Master of Science Degree

Major: Library and Archive Materials

Minor: Paper

First year: A block schedule allowed for the exploration of different specialties within conservation, and allowed us to complete projects such as treatment, materials research, housing design, and more.

  • Design for object storage, organic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Finding a watermark in transmitted light, library block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Making boxes, preventive block PC: WUDPAC

  • BT with highlighted condition issues, organic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • BT with highlighted condition issues, inorganic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Documented wood types within table, wood block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Materials testing, science class PC: Tammy Hong

  • Fiber ID with PLM PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Examining print in transmitted light, paper block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • BT imaging, organic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Presentation, photo block PC: Adriana Benavides

  • Ceramic plate repair, inorganic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Cleaning tests on silver, inorganic block PC: Johanna Pinney

  • Treating photo, photo block PC: Evan Krape

  • Materials testing, painting block PC: Johanna Pinney

Second Year: The focus shifts towards our specialties, performing treatments, in-depth science research, and preventive projects.

  • Treatment

    Treatment projects undertaken during graduate school.

    PC: Johanna Pinney

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  • Science Experimentation

    Our second year at WUDPAC we design and perform a science project that is centered around our major. My science project is an off-shoot of the Poison Book Project, and focuses on pesticide use in library collections.

    Poison Book Project: https://sites.udel.edu/poisonbookproject/

    PC: Johanna Pinney

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Third Year: During the final year we spend time at different institutions getting hands-on experience.

  • Works on Paper

    Summer Internship 2023

    PC: Curtains Without Boarders

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  • Dartmouth College

    Full Year Internship

    PC: Johanna Pinney

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