I became the museum’s assistant conservator just a few months before the new conservation lab opened. We have certainly made good use of the extra space! The lab is full with all kinds of glass objects in need of some … Read more →
In the second part of this series, Stephen Koob, the Museum’s conservator, describes the methods used to fill the losses of a prunted beaker on display in Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants. Now that the beaker has been … Read more →
Watch as our conservator, Stephen Koob, restores a 13th/14th-century prunted beaker for our newest exhibition, Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants. Prunts are blobs of glass applied to a glass object as decoration. These prunts may also have a … Read more →
What excites a glass conservator even more than a new puzzle to put together? How about a brand new room, with lots more space to put the puzzles on! The Museum’s conservator, Stephen Koob, extolled the virtues of the newly … Read more →