Nanotechnologies and Cultural Conservation: Current Trends and Practices
October 30-31, 2015, Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA. Organized by Lafayette College and the Allentown Art Museum and sponsored by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the workshop will be introduced and led by Piero Baglioni, a pioneer of cutting-edge, nano-based art conservation technologies, who is the director of the CSGI (Center for Colloids and Surface Science) at the University of Florence. Dianne Dwyer Modestini, Senior Research Fellow and Paintings Conservator for the Samuel H. Kress Program at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, is the keynote speaker. We are inviting poster presentations and discussion from participants. More information.