Stop by and chat with conservation staff and students, explore hands-on models, and learn how MOA’s experts care for and preserve the remarkable belongings in the Museum’s collections. This is your chance to learn more about the work that happens behind-the-scenes at the Museum.

The pop-up table will be located in the Museum between the Elspeth McConnell Gallery of Northwest Coast Masterworks and the Audain Gallery.

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Telka Pesklevits is an undergraduate student in their final year of study in the Anthropology honours program at UBC. As a disabled student, health equity and disability resistance are prominent themes in all of the work they do. Telka is currently undertaking research at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, exploring the topics of museum conservation, public conservation as programming, and access in museum spaces.

Mauray Katherine Toutloff is a conservator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. She holds an M.A.C. from Queen’s University (Ontario) and a B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Regina (Saskatchewan), and she has also studied art at the First Nations University of Canada. At MOA, Mauray’s work focuses on collaborative research in preventive and treatment-oriented conservation strategies. She co-teaches the conservation course in the Department of Anthropology and is actively engaged in sustainable museum practices and research. An advocate for sharing conservation knowledge, she contributes to public and educational programming. Since 2019, her research has centred on the investigation of pollutants in museum environments.