Image Videos and Stories Recent stories and recorded programs Visit the Carlos Museum's YouTube Page Learn more about these past events and programs below. Category - Any -BooksCollectionsConservationExhibitionsMeet the CarlosPrograms and Events Tag Title Image Story Conservator's Closet Tue, 07/07/2020 - 10:36 Before the Carlos Museum closed in March due to COVID-19-related safety concerns, museum staff prepared and installed a number of baskets in the Native North Americas gallery as part of an annual rotation to limit light exposure for especially vulnerable objects. Image Story Conservator's Closet Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:27 With our present abundance of time at home, many of us are considering our accumulated material possessions. Whether tucked away in the attic or on display, silver is a material often found in the realm of treasured heirlooms and collectibles. Image Story Treating the Cosmic Man Fri, 08/09/2019 - 12:17 The Parsons Conservation Laboratory is located on the Plaza Level of the Carlos Museum, in an area accessible only to staff. In celebration of the museum’s centennial, conservators have set up a temporary lab space in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery. Image Story Treating the Cosmic Man Tue, 02/26/2019 - 09:15 This summer, in honor of the Carlos Museum’s centennial, a pop-up conservation experience in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery will reveal one typically unseen aspect of museum work when visitors encounter conservators treating a Jain painting of a Cosmic Man. Image Story Au + Cu = Bling! Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:37 Emory University student Emily Farek investigated the ancient technique of gold granulation. She examined Carlos Museum objects and considered the chemistry that enables this process. Image Story Casting Intaglio Gems Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:30 The Carlos Museum houses an excellent collection of carved gems from throughout the ancient world. In antiquity, the carved surface would have been pressed into either wax or clay to transfer the image. Image Story 3-D Prototyping Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:19 This slide presentation documents the use of 3-D prototyping to aid in the reconstruction of extensive losses in a black-figure ceramic plate. Image Story All the King's Horses Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:09 Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Conservator Kathryn Etre treated this pyxis (or lidded pot) from the Geometric Age in Greece for installation in the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University. Image Story Beneath the Wrappings Fri, 01/25/2019 - 13:03 In 1921, William Arthur Shelton, a professor in Emory's Candler School of Theology, purchased an Old Kingdom mummy from the sacred site of Abydos in Middle Egypt. Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next › Last page Last »
Image Story Conservator's Closet Tue, 07/07/2020 - 10:36 Before the Carlos Museum closed in March due to COVID-19-related safety concerns, museum staff prepared and installed a number of baskets in the Native North Americas gallery as part of an annual rotation to limit light exposure for especially vulnerable objects.
Image Story Conservator's Closet Thu, 05/14/2020 - 12:27 With our present abundance of time at home, many of us are considering our accumulated material possessions. Whether tucked away in the attic or on display, silver is a material often found in the realm of treasured heirlooms and collectibles.
Image Story Treating the Cosmic Man Fri, 08/09/2019 - 12:17 The Parsons Conservation Laboratory is located on the Plaza Level of the Carlos Museum, in an area accessible only to staff. In celebration of the museum’s centennial, conservators have set up a temporary lab space in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery.
Image Story Treating the Cosmic Man Tue, 02/26/2019 - 09:15 This summer, in honor of the Carlos Museum’s centennial, a pop-up conservation experience in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery will reveal one typically unseen aspect of museum work when visitors encounter conservators treating a Jain painting of a Cosmic Man.
Image Story Au + Cu = Bling! Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:37 Emory University student Emily Farek investigated the ancient technique of gold granulation. She examined Carlos Museum objects and considered the chemistry that enables this process.
Image Story Casting Intaglio Gems Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:30 The Carlos Museum houses an excellent collection of carved gems from throughout the ancient world. In antiquity, the carved surface would have been pressed into either wax or clay to transfer the image.
Image Story 3-D Prototyping Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:19 This slide presentation documents the use of 3-D prototyping to aid in the reconstruction of extensive losses in a black-figure ceramic plate.
Image Story All the King's Horses Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:09 Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Conservator Kathryn Etre treated this pyxis (or lidded pot) from the Geometric Age in Greece for installation in the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University.
Image Story Beneath the Wrappings Fri, 01/25/2019 - 13:03 In 1921, William Arthur Shelton, a professor in Emory's Candler School of Theology, purchased an Old Kingdom mummy from the sacred site of Abydos in Middle Egypt.
