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Inside the Conservation Lab: Examining and Caring for Works of Art – NCTA Online Program

Image: Detail, Spring Morning in the Han Palace, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1672, twelve-panel kuancai lacquer screen; black lacquer on wood core with carved and pigment and gold filled (kuancai) decoration, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art, F1906.42a–l. Image by Colleen Dugan

Join us for this unique opportunity to learn more about how museums care for objects in their collection with Ellen Chase, Objects Conservator at the National Museum of Asian Art and Melanie King, art historian. In this two-part program we will learn how a conservator evaluates, conserves, and cares for three-dimensional objects in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art. We will learn about the agents of deterioration and will have the opportunity to apply information presented to real life examples that can be translated into classroom activities.

Program dates and times

Tuesday, October 6 , 2026, 4:00-5:30 PM (Pacific Time) 

Tuesday, October 13 , 2026, 4:00-5:30 PM (Pacific Time) 

This program will be held on Zoom.

Program benefits

  • Online resources
  • Washington State OSPI clock hours

Registration

This program is free and open to current, in-service K-12 educators of all grades and subjects. Please follow this link to register. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out at earc@uw.edu.

This program is sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center at the University of Washington, and funded by a Freeman Foundation grant in support of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA).