Conservation Department

Joy Gardiner, Charles F. Hummel Director of Conservation

Fran Wilkins, Conservation Division Coordinator

Phone: 302.888.4609
email: fwilkins@winterthur.org

Laboratories

Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera

Dr. Melissa Tedone, Associate Library Conservator

Documentation

Jim Schneck, Photographer and Image Management Specialist

Furniture and Wooden Objects

Mark Anderson, Elizabeth Terry Seaks Senior Furniture Conservator

Lighting

Mack Truax, Conservation and Lighting Design Coordinator

Objects (metals, ceramics, glass and organic materials)

Bruno Pouliot, Senior Objects Conservator
Lauren Fair, Associate Objects Conservator
Madeline Hagerman, Post Graduate Fellow
Tia Polidori, IMLS Conservation Assistant
Katelyn Rovito, IMLS Conservation Assistant

Paintings

Matt Cushman, Paintings Conservator

Paper

Joan Irving, Paper Conservator

Preservation Housing

Lucia Torner, Conservation Assistant

Preventive Conservation

Dr. Joelle Wickens, Preventive Conservator
Matthew Mickletz, Preventive Conservation Manager
Joshua Baumann, Chris Cascio, Aaron Morris, William Smith, Preventive Conservation Aides

Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory

Dr. Rosie Grayburn, Associate Scientist and Lab Manager
Catherine Matsen, Scientist

Textiles

Laura Mina, Associate Conservator of Textiles and Head of Lab
William Donnelly, Conservation Assistant
Kate Sahmel, Associate Textile Conservator