Conservators are trained to carefully examine an object before they treat it. Not only to document the object’s condition but also to understand how it was made and what materials were used. In some cases, like Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka’s glass … Read more →
The particularly fragile nature of the Blaschka glass marine invertebrate models featured in Fragile Legacy: The Marine Invertebrate Glass Models of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka required very careful planning for their display. As with most of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions, we worked … Read more →
Have you seen our new Make Your Own Glass project? It’s adorable! It’s a flameworked sea slug, more specifically a nudibranch – a soft-bodied marine gastropod mollusk. This year, in conjunction with our newest show, Fragile Legacy: The Marine Invertebrate … Read more →
As a curator, I get really excited about forms, art, and stories from the past. For the past two-and-a-half years, I’ve been researching and working on co-curating our current exhibition, Fragile Legacy: the Marine Invertebrate Glass Models of Leopold and … Read more →