Ida and Stephanie, two of MOA’s summer interns in the conservation and collections lab, were tasked with the challenge of designing, creating and implementing a solution for earthquake mitigation in storage.

Birch-bark basketry is a fascinating cultural practice! Prior to my research of MOA’s collection, I didn’t realize the high level of skill and ingenuity that…

In my very first week as a MOA Intern I was thrown right into the fray and began treatment on four Peruvian festival masks made of tin. The masks when I arrived were in poor condition, with many of the decorations requiring repair and reattachment.