| Project Name | Academic Year(s) | Sponsoring Museum Department | Focus Area(s) of the Collection | Researcher Name(s) | Researcher Type | Research Purpose/Goal | Number of Objects Examined | Brief Project Description | Content Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provenance Survey | 2020-2025 | Collections Management | All | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Database | 25361 | Our entire collection is available online. As part of that process, the provenance information for all objects was reviewed and recorded into TMS. | View Resource |
| Nazi Era Provenance Research | 2024-Present | Collections Management | Works of Art on Paper | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Database | 675 | WOP collection was examined for objects that may have been subject to Nazi looting. Works have been separated out with own site on collections website. | View Resource |
| Exhibition History Research | 2020-Current | Collections Management | All | Stacey Gannon-Wright | Museum Staff | Database | 3000 | Exhibition histories, particularly related to permanent collection installations have been updated. Previous labels have been added to the database, and previous case locations have been documented. | |
| Larnakes | 2023-2025 | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Other | 1 | Working with Greek Ministry of Culture to examine the looting of Minoan larnakes in the Mediterranean. | |
| Griffins | 2024-Present | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Other | 2 | Working with Toledo Museum of Art to locate missing griffin from one cauldron. | |
| Den of Antiquity | 2023-Present | Collections Management | All | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Publication | 32 | Monthly blog on provenance research and the stories behind our collection. | View Blog |
| Cuneiform Tablet Translations | 2017-Present | Collections Management | Ancient Near East | Nicholas Reid | Independent Researcher | Publication | 60 | Outside researcher translating the cuneiform tablets. Originally, he assisted with translations for tablets to be installed in the galleries. He now translates for his own research and publication. | |
| Egyptian Reinstallation | 2026-Present | Collections Management | Egyptian | Annie Shanley and Tyler Holman | Emory Graduate Student | Other | 50 | ||
| Provenance Research and Cultural Collaboration at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University | 2025-Present | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Publication | AIA presentation on provenance research at the Carlos was turned into a publication. Awaiting publication date. | ||
Cuttington University Partnership (& Conservation) | 2025-Present | Collections Management | African | Annie Shanley and Todd Lamkin | Museum Staff | Publication | 1 | Through provenance research, discovered an object that had been stolen from Cuttington University. Working with Cuttington to not only return the work, but to create a meaningful partnership to benefit both institutions. | View Resource |
| Repatriation to Iraq | 2022-2023 | Collections Management | Ancient Near East | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Other | 1 | Repatriation to Iraq | |
| Repatriation to Italy | 2021-2023 | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley | Museum Staff | Other | 5 | Repatriation to Italy | |
| Transfer to DANY | 2023-2024 | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley and Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Other | 59 | Transfer to DANY | |
| Repatriations to Greece | 2021-2024 | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley and Ella Andrews | Museum Staff | Other | 4 | Repatriations to Greece | |
| Repatriation to Italy | 2024-2025 | Collections Management | Greek and Roman | Annie Shanley and Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Other | 2 | Repatriation to Italy | |
| Garnet Provenancing Study | 2021-2022, 2026 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen, Lisbet Thoresen, Hans Albert Gilg | Museum Staff | Publication | 49 | Garnet Provenancing Study | |
| Making an Impression exhibition + catalogue | 2021-2022, 2026 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Publication | 120 | Making an Impression exhibition + catalogue | |
Byzantine Pyxis (conservation also sponsor) | 2022-2023 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen, Renee Stein and Tori Burke | Emory Graduate Student | Database | 1 | Byzantine Pyxis Project | |
Hermanubis (conservation also sponsor) | 2022-2023 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen, Renee Stein, Christopher Askew | Emory Graduate Student | Database | 1 | Hermanubis Project | |
| Greek and Roman coins | 2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen, Tyler Holman, Conservation | Emory Graduate Student | Database | 800 | ||
Tanagra polychromy (Conservation also sponsor ) | 2024-2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen, Renee Stein, Tyler Holman, Ella Andrews | Museum Staff | Publication | 1 | Class project Exhibition Polychromy Roundtable presentation Forthcoming conference proceedings publication | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a87a228d01c8459295bd2eb4d5513f04 |
| Etruscan mirrors | 2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Nancy De Grummond, Alexandra Carpino, Robert Tykot | External Researcher/Faculty | Publication | 3 | Inclusion in forthcoming Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum, South East US collections | |
Asteas krater (Conservation did analysis) | 2022 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Federico Figura, Brittany Dinneen | External Researcher/Faculty | Publication | 1 | Analysis of Asteas krater for inclusion in PhD research and publication | |
| 3D scanning - marble sculpture | 2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Justin Archer | External Researcher/Faculty | Other | 12 | Artist research, creation of new work | |
| Anonymous Fragments | 2024-2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Timothy Hull, Ruth Allen | Independent Researcher | Exhibition | 20 | Artist research, creation of new work | https://carlos.emory.edu/exhibition/Timothy-Hull |
| Glaukotas stele | 2023 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Nikolaos Papazarkadas, Cynthia Patterson | External Researcher/Faculty | Publication | 1 | ||
| Roman redware pottery | 2026 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Tori Burke | Emory Graduate Student | Database | 20 | ||
| Europa exhibition | 2025-ongoing | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 20 | ||
| Recasting Antiquity exhibition | 2023-2024 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 2 | https://carlos.emory.edu/exhibition/recasting-antiquity | |
| Making an Impression exhibition | 2020-2022 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 120 | ||
| Call & Response | 2024-2025 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 1 | ||
| Tablet to Tablet exhibition | 2026 | Curatorial | Greek and Roman/ANE | Ruth Allen | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 10 | Preparation of objects for inclusion in library exhibition | |
| Kono Helmet Mask | 2022-2026 | Conservation | African | Brittany Dinneen, Susan Gagliardi, Renée Stein | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 1 | Consultation with power association practitioners and analysis of accumulative materials. Part of larger study that should result in a publication. | |
| MicroFade Testing of organic objects | 2024-2026 | Conservation | WoP, Americas, African | Brittany Dinneen, Renée Stein | Museum Staff | Exhibition | 36 | Development of lighting and display parameters for sensitive objects | |
| White Inscription analysis | 2024-2025 | Conservation | Egyptian | Renée Stein | Museum Staff | Other | 1 | Identify white pigment and compare with only other known white inscription on mummy portrait | |
Acrylic adhesive strength testing and undergraduate Physics honors thesis | 2022-2026 | Conservation | N/A | Renée Stein, Connie Roth, Physics students, Conservation interns | Emory Faculty | Publication | Mechanical testing of acrylic adhesives used in conservation in collaboration with Roth Lab in Physics Dept Undergrad research/ honors thesis Conference presentation & postprint publication High school intern | ||
| Dye analysis | 2022-2026 | Conservation | Americas | Renée Stein, Ruth Ann Armitage | Museum Staff | Publication | 1 | Multiple object projects over many years, currently focused on a green & orange fragment of discontinuous warp & weft Ica textile; publication forthcoming | |
| Glass Unguentaria residue analysis | 2023-2025 | Conservation | Greek & Roman | Ruth Ann Armitage, Renée Stein, Emory undergrad, Eastern Michigan Univ grad | External Researcher/Faculty | Publication | 11 | Analysis and characterization of organic & inorganic residues of cosmetics in glass vessels | |
| Tangka pigment study | 2023-2024 | Conservation | Asian | Ella Andrews (Mellon Fellow) | Museum Staff | Other | 2 | Analysis of pigments used by contemporary Tibetan tangka painter Poster presentation Possible future publication | |
| Technical Notes in eMuseum | 2022-2026 | Conservation | All | Renée Stein, Brittany Dinneen, interns & students | Museum Staff | Database | Continuing effort to incorporate technical data into public-access fields of database | ||
| Art History Honors Thesis on Chancay funerary tablet | 2026 | Conservation | Ancient America | Lilith Ragsdale | Emory Undergraduate | Coursework | 1 | Honors thesis research identified and attributed a previously unknown Chancay Funerary Tablet likely from Ancon, Peru approx. 900-1100 CE. Honors thesis co-advised by Renée Stein and Megan O'Neil and included technical study of the object. | |
| Materials identification and communication with source communities about treatment/ care needs | 2024-2025 | Conservation | North America | Cheyenne Caraway Rollins | Other Student | Database | 5 | Conservation graduate intern from UCLA examined and documented materials; also contacted source communities about attributions and care needs. | |
| Center for AI Learning Collaborations | 2024-2025 | Collections Management | All | Todd Lamkin, Andi McKenzie, Kevin McAlister, Tommy Ottolin, students | Emory Undergraduate | Database | 25000 | A pair of workshops building upon one another and involving more than 20 undergraduate students using generative AI large language models to identify biased language in museum didactics and recommend replacement language. A student involved in both workshops continued his research as an honors program thesis. | Project Details |
| Controlled Vocabularies Integration for Collections Database | 2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026 | Collections Management | All | Todd Lamkin, graduate students: Sara Al Nakdali and Macy Briley; undergraduate students: Cassidy Steele, Dylan Plemper, and Lila Parker | Other Student | Database | 10000 | An evolving and ongoing project to improve connections between museum database content and controlled vocabularies in order to improve discoverability of information about the collection. Tasks include tagging of object records with relevant terms for form/function, style, technique, and medium; and cross-linking of artist attributions to their citations in wikidata.org. | Project Details |
