Fixing 'Adam' after the fall
November 11 2014
Video: Metropolitan Museum
This is well worth watching - a fascinating video from the Met on how they repaired a full-length marble 'Adam' by Tullio Lombardo which smashed to the ground in 2002, after its plywood base collapsed. The Met pioneered new restoration techniques for the project, which has taken over ten years. More here on the Met's site, and also here in the New York Times.
We should also congratulate the Met for being so ready to document and publish the restoration process. Many other museums would have preferred to keep the whole thing under wraps. But the Met is streets ahead of other institutions when it comes to their online presence.
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