Conservation Studies

An Art Restoration and Conservation bachelor’s degree offers great opportunities for travel and work all over the world, in a wide variety of countries and cultures, languages, and religions. For university students, studying in the Art Conservation and Restoration Department, it means exactly that. Through the Art Conservation major, students have traveled to Nepal in collaboration with the University of Kathmandu to work in both Hindu and Buddhist temples. They have also found themselves in India restoring frescoes and paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. In 2007, they traveled to Chile to restore works of art at the Pablo Neruda Museum. While other Marist-LdM Art Conservation and Restoration students have stayed in Florence restoring paintings and sculptures by some of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance like Donatello and Michelangelo. All art restoration work is done under the watchful eye of the Conservation Studies faculty members who are also experts in their field. From the beginning to advanced levels, Art Restoration students can enjoy the unique experience of working on original works of art both in the state-of-the-art restoration and conservation laboratory as well as on the nearby historical sites.