BY SUZANNE DAVIS, Associate Curator and Head of Conservation, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Last month we welcomed a new conservator, Caroline Roberts, to the Museum. Carrie takes over the position previously held by Claudia Chemello. Regular Kelsey visitors and staff will remember Carrie from her year here as a Samuel H. Kress Conservation Fellow in 2011–2012. As a Kress Fellow, Carrie conducted research on the Terenouthis funerary stelae, performed treatment on a cartonnage mummy mask, and contributed to the Conserving Antiquity exhibition. Following her time as a Kress Fellow, she held conservation fellowships at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Carrie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College and a Master of Science in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware. Her interests range from conservation treatment of stone objects and architecture to preventive conservation, and she specializes in the conservation of archaeological materials both in museum collections and in the field. Prior to joining the Kelsey she worked as a consulting conservator for the NYU Institute of Fine Arts Excavations at Selinunte, Italy, where she supervised conservation graduate students and conducted multispectral imaging research.
Carrie has a strong interest in conservation education and outreach. She has lectured for the Getty’s VITA high school outreach program and for the University of Delaware’s conservation graduate program. She is also committed to professional service. She is a member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and has held various committee appointments within that organization. In her new job at the Kelsey Museum, Carrie is especially interested in forging stronger relationships with University of Michigan research laboratories and scientists. She is also looking forward to developing the Kelsey’s in-house abilities to conduct technical research using a variety of low-tech means, such as multi-spectral imaging. We are very happy to welcome Carrie to the Kelsey!
