ANNOUNCING: A new 5-Year GSA contract for the conservation of sculpture and architectural arts. Commences August 1, 2022. 2022-2027 U.S. General Services Administration - NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ID/IQ Contract 47PM1122D0002 NTE: $16,009,998.00 (5 Year Total) NAICS Code 54130 (ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES)…
Restoration of World War I Soldier in Columbus
Christina L. Simms, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, and Marcin Pikus, Conservator of Stone Sculpture and Architectural Features, both of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, recently completed the restoration of a World War I Soldier in Columbus, Ohio. The monument, Victorious…
Conservation of Ceramic Suarez in Puerto Rico
In San Juan, Puerto Rico there is a forty-five foot totem pole pointing towards the blue Caribbean sky. The totem pole, Totemic Sculpture, 1993 by Jaime Suarez is a concrete pole roughly thirty inches in diameter that is clad with…
The Nittany Lion Shrine Gets a New Shine
The Nittany Lion Shrine, 1942 by Heinz Warneke, an earlier assessment image The Nittany Lion Shrine is located on the University Park campus of the prestigious Pennsylvania State University. The sculpture features a boldly contoured limestone mountain lion poised to…
The Art of Graffiti Removal: Cleveland Public Square
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…
In Perfect Zinc: Zinc Civil War Monument Restoration
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…
Restoration of Military Monuments: Vicksburg National Park
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…
Maintenance of a Bronze Memorial: Conservator Born a Coal Miner’s Granddaughter
When the leaves started to change colors in Susquehanna County, Conservator of Objects and Sculpture, Christina L. Simms, of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory completed the maintenance of a bronze memorial commemorating Pennsylvanian coal miners and their families. The Coal Miners…
Stone Monument Cleaning Maintenance of Chief Leatherlips
The head of Wyandot Chief Leatherlips recreated with light-colored stacked stones rises from a grassy hill off of Riverside Drive in Dublin, Ohio. The Dublin Arts Council commissioned artist Ralph Hemlick in 1988 to create the monument. Over time exposure…
Marble Conservation and a Police Chase
Two marble benches from Indiana were brought to the McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory campus for a marble conservation treatment. Why the benches arrived at our conservation lab facilities just outside of Cleveland, Ohio is an unusual story that begins with…