Exhibiting Conservation 1940's

Institution: Musee national de l'Orangerie (PAris, France)
Title: L'Oeuvre d'Art et les Methodes Scientifiques
Topic/Brief Description: This exhibit revealeed to the public the diversity of work carried out in the laboratory at the Louvre.
Dates: March- April 1949
Oragnized by: Madeleine Hours with Mme. Guynet and M. Destaville

Institution: National Gallery (London, England)
Title: An Exhibition of Cleaned Paintings
Topic/Brief Description: About seventy which were cleaned since the autumn of 1936 are displayed for the first time without glass, on clean walls with auxiliary fluorescent illumination. Documentation is made available relating to the history of the pictures, in particular to their preservation and to any new facts revealed by cleaning. There are photographic records, studio reports and, from the laboratory, radiographs and scientific data collected in the course of diagnosis or for the purpose of making permanent records before, during and after cleaning.
Dates: October 9, 1947- June 30,1948