In the previous blog post, the Werner J. and Gisella Levi
Cahnman Conservation Laboratory had received the Leo Baeck
Institute’s Metz Jewish Community Collection for assessment and treatment. The
Conservators in the lab were captivated by these artifacts; we felt…
By Dong Eun Kim, Head Conservator, Center for Jewish History
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In the previous blog post, the Werner J. and Gisella Levi
Cahnman Conservation Laboratory had received the Leo Baeck
Institute’s Metz Jewish Community Collection for assessment and treatment. The
Conservators in the lab were captivated by these artifacts; we felt there was
something truly important about them,…
What is it that attracts us to certain objects? What makes
one artifact more compelling than another? These answers can often be obvious,
but occasionally an object can take us on a winding journey before it reveals
the secret to its appeal. This was our experience with the Leo Baeck
Institute’s Metz…
Bagged Sobel Collection books in the
American Jewish Historical Society stacks. The Sobel collection of
early American Jewish printing was donated by the late Morris Sobel, former
president of the American Jewish Historical Society, and his wife, Eleanor.
Here in the Werner
J. and Gisella Levi Cahnman Conservation Laboratory we aim to prolong…
This post was written by Kat Fanning,
conservation technician, Center for Jewish History
A cookie, a memento of a past special event, was brought to
the conservation lab from the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) to see if anything
could be done in order to preserve it so that it could be kept in the
collection. The cookie had originally…