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This month, we say farewell to Senior Conservation Assistant Anna Yates Krain, who retires after nearly 34 years at CCAHA. As one of the Center's longest-tenured employees, it's impossible to sum up the impact Anna made here.
In March 2021, CCAHA will present 'Diversity in Collections Care: Many Voices,' a virtual colloquium to promote an exchange of research, dialogue, and inspiration.
As Board Chair of the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, I’m asking for your support under circumstances that, frankly, I never anticipated or imagined. When the pandemic lockdown took effect back in March, our laboratory was among the many business facilities closed by order of the...
In October 2020, CCAHA worked with the Monday Club of Wilmington, Delaware, to digitally image and rehouse an important founding charter for the organization. Established in 1876, the Monday Club is a private social club formed by a group of Black men who gathered at a local Wilmington Hotel on...
Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our first-ever Virtual Open House series! In case you missed it, all four nights are now available on our YouTube channel.
Every fall, CCAHA welcomes guests into our lab for an up-close look at what we do. Though we're unable to meet in person this year, we are committed to keeping the Open House tradition going with a special series of online presentations featuring some of the impressive projects we have worked on in...
This summer, CCAHA began work on a full-plate daguerreotype image of George Mifflin Dallas that is owned by the local Masonic Temple Library & Museum.