Objects Conservation: In 2006 the Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows, NY awarded a $103,588.00 contract to McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to restore and prepare for display in the Queens Museum of Art an enormous painted plaster…
In 2006, McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. conducted an objects conservation survey of artifacts at the Drake Well Museum. The survey will continue this summer of 2008 with an additional objects conservation survey of nitroglycerin well torpedoes and other metal artifacts in…
1943 German 88mm PAK 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun restored for the U.S. Army Heritage Museum and Education Center in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Military Artifact Conservation The restoration work was performed during 2003 by: Thomas Podnar, Robert Lodge, Curtis McCartney, and Mark Erdmann of McKay…
1943 German 88mm PAK 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun Military Artifact Conservation Free-Up Recoil Spades for Deployment: The pivot shaft of each recoil spade was immovable from corrosion. Repeated work with heat, chilling and penetrants could not free them. Eventually, the steel…
1943 German 88mm PAK 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun Military Artifact Conservation Removal and Condition of the Gun Cradle: An important part of the work for preservation was to gain access to the area under the cradle and to the top of…
OBJECTS CONSERVATION: The Queens Museum of Art in Flushing Meadows, NY awarded a $103,588.00 contract to McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. to restore and prepare for display in the Queens Museum of Art an enormous painted plaster topographic map of…
In an effort to become adept in the treatment of outdoor lead sculpture it was apparent that new skills were needed for structurally repairing and cosmetically correcting typical problems encountered when faced with lead sculptures which have been outdoors for…