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Public Art Conservation Services for GSA Nationwide

Public Art: McKay Lodge Art Conservation Laboratory provides conservation services to the national public art collection administered by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Work takes place throughout the contiguous United States as well as in Alaska, Hawaii, the U.S.…

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Public Art Conservation Contracts

Conservators of Public Art Nationally for 20 years For the past 20 years (as of 2019), McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory has been busily engaged in the conservation of Public Art throughout the United States, principally in work caring for the…

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Art Conservation Cleveland Public Art

Medium-Sized New Equipment Purchase

In July 2017, McKay Lodge, Inc. makes a medium-sized new equipment purchase and adds a third multi-purpose tractor/forklift to our art and material handling equipment. This John Deere 5065E with an H240 loader falls between, in capacity, our older 2,000…

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Los Lagartos conservation

Conservation of Outdoor Sculptures by Luis Jiménez

CURRENT TREATMENTS 2016 McKay Lodge mentioned in Smithsonian Science News regarding the conservation of outdoor sculptures by Luis Jiménez. "VAQUERO" Luis Jiménez Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. "SODBUSTER" Luis Jiménez Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. TREATMENT OF "LOS LAGARTOS" Luis Jiménez…

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Small-sized New Equipment

Small-Sized New Equipment Con’t

LIQUID HONING An important part of keeping up with a wide variety of projects often requires getting small-sized new equipment. The Ohio Conservation Center recently purchased a liquid honing machine from Vapor Blast Manufacturing Company. The cabinet machine can provide…

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Art Conservation Cleveland Public Art

Repairing Konzal’s GATEWAY

Joseph Konzal's GATEWAY, a large Cor-ten sculpture, was commissioned under the Art-in-Architecture Program of the General Service Administration in 1977. Cor-ten steel, sometimes referred to as weathering steel, is expected to develop a protective layer of corrosion upon exposure to…

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