Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research — Harvard Gazette

Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research — Harvard Gazette

Cristina Morilla, associate paintings conservator, working in 2020 on a portrait of King Philip of Spain at Harvard Art Museums. In some cases, conservators are practitioners themselves, explains Brenda Bernier, the director of Preservation Services for Harvard Library. To understand how and why an object is falling apart, one has to know how it’s put together. “Each one is like a little puzzle.”Harvard file photo Campus & Community …