How do visitors like to experience art? What makes for an enriching museum visit? The Dallas Museum of Art undertook a groundbreaking seven-year research initiative to answer these questions, examining how people connect with art and identifying pref...

This is a detailed and informative overview of the latest research and development in stone conservation. Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island – all are examples of irreplaceable cultural heritage built in stone and now slowly disappe...

The Mogao grottoes, a World Heritage Site near Dunhuang in western China, are located along the ancient caravan routes – collectively known as the Silk Road – that once linked China with the West. Founded by Buddhist monks in the late fourth century,...

This is a comprehensive and superbly illustrated account of the Getty Museum's research into outdoor sculpture conservation. When the J. Paul Getty Museum received twenty-eight sculptures created by a who's who of twentieth-century artists, it took o...

This is an authoritative and insightful survey of the evolving field of photograph conservation. This volume is the first publication to chronicle the emergence and systematic development of photograph conservation as a profession. In 72 essential te...