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Inês Madruga Carvalho Caldeira is a Paintings Conservation Fellow at the MCI. She received an MEng in structural/civil engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 2005, and an MA in conservation of fine art from Northumbria University...
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Rick Pelasara is the Exhibit Production Manager at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He attended the Catholic University. Since 1974 Rick has been involved managing production facilities including Production and Logistics Manager for the Malaysian National Science...
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Conservator, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
I am a senior paintings conservator working at Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute for over twenty years and serving to SI museums that do not have in-house paintings conservator. My specialties are research on modern materials and conservation of modern and contemporary...
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Don Williams is Senior Furniture Conservator at MCI. He trained as traditional craftsman in furniture restoration, foundry patternmaking, and metal casting, and then received his BA from the University of Delaware. He joined the Smithsonian in 1984, and for many years directed their...
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