How to Choose a Conservator

In the United States, professional conservators are professional associates of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, or AIC. The body maintains a list of accredited professional associates, and has guidelines on how to choose a conservator. Marie-Hélène Gugenheim has been a professional associate at the AIC since 1993. Trained in Europe and the United States, she has more than 24 years' experience as a full-time conservator. She has worked in areas as diverse as the conservation of Russian icons, to vast mural projects in the United States and France, and is the paintings conservator for the Kelly Collection of American Illustration.