Conservation

Conservation Mission

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and Research Center will become the primary source for scientific and scholarly information concerning the artistic legacy of Georgia O’Keeffe and the preservation of her art, archives, homes and personal collections. The mission of the Conservation program is to elevate the profile of our conservation and preservation achievements to significant supporters, museum partners and the preservation community, thus earning their sustained recognition and support.

Conservation Objectives

The Conservation program will:

Preserve of the Museum’s historic and artistic collections, homes and landscapes using the most acknowledged best practices and scientifically advanced strategic, preventive and corrective conservation measures possible
Scientifically investigate and document O’Keeffe’s use of artist’s materials and techniques and research the tangible and archival evidence of her artistic process and interaction with other artists
Assist the Curator and Research Center Director with the safe, prudent and innovative use of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum collections and facilities in public and scholarly programs

Enter into collaborative technical and preservation studies with leading conservation institutions including:

the National Gallery of Art
the Getty Conservation Institute
the Museum of Modern Art
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
the Whitney Museum of American Art
the Art Institute of Chicago
the Phillips Collection
the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Raise the profile of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Conservation Program by publicizing and educating about its activities and discoveries using:

Publications
Presentations
Exhibitions
Media Coverage
On-line web-based presentations on the Museum’s web site

O'Keeffe Museum Imaging Project
Using digital imaging to preserve our cultural heritage

Thanks to the generous financial support of the National Center For Preservation Technology and Training (http://ncptt.nps.gov/), The Stockman Family Foundation and New Mexico AmeriCorps Cultural Technology community service program, the O’Keeffe Imaging project team was able to test three, exciting, new technologies in “Computational Imaging” over the Summer of 2012. You can follow the O'Keeffe Imaging Project’s progress on their website where they are recording their process and making the outcomes of their research available to the public and conservation professionals in real-time.

Georgia O'Keeffe Imaging Project Website

Setting up for RTI image capture of Abiquiu main entrance.

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