Outside of the United States Geological Survey Building in Menlo Park, California beats the sound of Watersongs, 1996 by Douglas Hollis. The dynamic large-scale artwork features granite walls, steel railings and fences, seating, and a fountain composed of natural boulders.…
Slowly, gently, night unfurls the splendor of the recently preserved Phantom Furnace Columns, 2002 by public artist Andrew Liecester. The artwork Phantom Furnace Columns serve as a metaphor for the blast furnaces that once stood in the mills of Youngstown,…
As part of an ongoing project for the Hartwood Acres Park sculpture restoration, McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory recently finished recoating a large outdoor sculpture, Large Escargot, 1982 by artist David Hayes. The sculpture is 17 feet high x 12 feet…
The mid-18th century was a turning point in American history in which the colonial era ended, and the long road to independence began. Revolution, however, brought turmoil, uncertainty, and war. An object from this time, a 1760s American Revolution period…
Cleveland Public Square is a nine and half acre plot of land located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The area was just part of the original plat surveyed by General Moses Cleaveland and others in 1796, which eventually became the City…
The McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory team recently performed a zinc Civil War monument restoration in Indiana. In September of 1884 the town of Mishawaka erected a cast zinc memorial for those who fought and died in the Civil War in…
Conservators of Public Art Collections Since 1997 2023-2028 NATIONAL PUBLIC ART COLLECTION (GSA) Multi-Year IDIQ GSA contracts have been awarded to McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. on a competitive basis, for conservation services to the national Public Art collection with…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory recently completed the restoration of several military monuments for the National Park Service at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The main entrance to Vicksburg National Military Park For nearly forty-seven days, the Battle…
Taxidermy specimens can be the good, the bad, and the ugly. In the case of the taxidermy case created by Jesse Swinehart of Licking County, Ohio, there is whole lot of good. The wooden case is filled with a rich…
One might think of a conservation project south of the border means Mexico, but in this case, it refers to a recent treatment of a granite obelisk by Marcin Pikus, Stone Sculpture and Architectural Features Conservator, in Pembina, North Dakota.…