We will be providing the maintenance and maintenance repairs to twenty-six monuments for the State of Maryland located throughout the state during the Spring of 2002. This contract is monitored by the Maryland Military Monuments Commission, a division of the…
The National Park Service (NPS) of the Department of the Interior awarded the contract for performing maintenance of monuments at Vicksburg Mississippi at the Vicksburg National Military Park to McKay Lodge Art Conservation, Inc. Twelve of the larger stone and bronze…
From Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York to Boston, Massachusetts, 56 small monuments mark the 56 days of Colonel Henry Knox’s heroic journey in the snowy winter of 1775 transporting artillery down to George Washington to force the British…
PRESS RELEASE Can you name a great champion of human rights who was born on February 12th? A man far ahead of his time, who hated slavery and advocated for its permanent abolition from America? A man described "as pure…
THE OHIO CONSERVATION CENTER: The Lewis County Civil War Monument was erected in 1883. By 1980 the seven foot wide hollow base was caving in and the 30 foot tall monument was starting to lean. By 1998 the problem was…
The Westinghouse Memorial is a monument located in Schenley Park, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It commemorates George Westinghouse (1846 – 1914) a world renowned engineer and inventor. Daniel Chester French was the sculptor for the statue and the main panel, and…
McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory, Inc. of Oberlin, Ohio, well known for their expertise in historic fountains, was selected as the project team’s bronze and stone conservator for the design, specifications, contract documents and administration of the upcoming major renovation…
https://vimeo.com/156635492 Richard Hunt Sculpture Conservation SOUND: Headphones or speakers are highly recommended. No speakers or headphones? This site and this video on Richard Hunt Sculpture Conservation are available on your smartphone. Just one extreme step among many in straightening an…
Click to View "The kinetic sculptures of George Rickey are mesmerizing. Found on the lawns of both museum locations, these engineering feats perform an elegant metal dance with even the slightest breeze. The graceful movement requires a great deal of…
On June 4th and 5th Robert Lodge attended the conference “Conserving Outdoor Painted Sculpture” held in the Netherlands at the Kröller-Müller Museum. The conference was an interim meeting of the Modern Materials and Contemporary Art (MMCA) working group of ICOM-CC…