The Chicago Conservation Center
Since 1983, we have offered an ever widening array of conservation services. After beginning as a provider solely for paintings conservation, we have grown to include the conservation of works of art on paper, photography, textiles and murals. Most recently, we have added conservation services for furniture, frames and decorative objects.
We welcome you to join us as we celebrate the two year anniversary of the furniture laboratory with Michael Deterding, Chief of Furniture Conservation, and the one year anniversary of Ann Kennedy Haag, our Chief of Gilding and Frame Conservation.
Please visit our regularly updated website to learn about each of our staff members. We invite you to sign up for our monthly newsletter. We also welcome you to visit and tour the facility, and are happy to answer your inquiries.
As an extension to our conservation departments, we also offer options for custom archival framing, mounts, and museum quality vitrines. Additionally, we are proud to offer you the option for professional art and furniture handling, transported by our trained art handlers in our alarmed, air ride, and climate controlled vehicles.
Our expert staff and well equipped labs offer proven and up to date conservation services and treatments. Careful consideration, including an assessment of condition, is given to each work of art or piece of furniture. A customized treatment plan is then developed to address the special needs of the item in question, with regard to the stated client requirements. Treatment plans are created and monitored to completion utilizing the least invasive, most reversible and archival materials currently available to the conservation community.
As a conservation company, we understand our role as partners and stewards in the care of your treasured collections. Therefore, we take every measure to honor an artist’s original intent and characteristics. This is our role as conservators and represents the heart of what we do.
We invite your inquiries as well as the future opportunity to assist you with our services. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Heather Becker
CEO, The Chicago Conservation Center
Conservation Services
As one of the nation's leading private art restoration and conservation laboratories, The Chicago Conservation Center has cared for fine art from some of the country's most prestigious museums, galleries, corporate and private collections. The Center is the largest facility of its kind in the nation.
The Center was founded over twenty-four years ago and has grown to include forty conservators, artisans, and administrators trained from around the world. We provide treatments that satisfy the criteria of discerning collectors, entrepreneurs, and institutions.
The Chicago Conservation Center's expert staff, well-equipped studios, and refined quality of service offer the highest standards in the field.
Paintings, Murals, Works of Art on Paper, Photography, Rare Books, Textiles, Sculpture, Frames and Gilded Objects, Antique and Fine Furniture
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