A Laboratory for Art: Harvard’s Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900–1950 This book explores the history

This book explores the history and collections of one of the most unusual rooms in early America

It includes objects that range from Elizabethan cups to works by such well-known figures as Jacob Bodendeich

New England Museum Association

Most of the intricately designed book covers

Edited by Laura Muir

A Laboratory for Art: Harvard’s Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900–1950 This book explores the historyPublished in 2010 Harvard Universitys Fogg Museum was the rst American museum with a scientically 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 professional attuned to the materials of art and the eects of environment. A Laboratory for Art is the