MACC | Midwest Art Conservation Center

Carefully performing a treatment on a paper document

A restored painting, juxtaposing a before half image at left and an after half image at right

What We do

Prevention & Assessment

We provide general collection assessments and long-range conservation planning to assist small-to mid-sized institutions in ways that benefit the largest number of artworks.

Conservation Treatment

For over 40 years MACC conservators have provided museum-quality treatment and consultation in the areas of: Paintings Conservation, Paper Conservation, Textile Conservation, and Objects Conservation.

Workshops & Education

MACC offers workshops on a variety of collections care subjects, including topics such as Identifying Hazardous Materials in Collections and tutorials in Art Handling.

Megan Emery, Chief Conservator and Senior Objects Conservator, working on a large outdoor statue

24-Hour Emergency Response

The MACC staff is available 24 hours-a-day, 7 days a week to give immediate assistance with disaster recovery efforts. Institutions and individuals experiencing a collections disaster can contact MACC to consult on the best practices to protect and recover their collections.

Call at any time for assistance:

612-870-3120

Conservation Highlights

NYT: Saving Art from Climate Disasters

As storms and fires are on the rise, experts are under pressure to do more to protect collections in museums, galleries and even private homes from destruction.

Protecting Public Art

Protecting Public Art: The Future of Risk Assessment and Mapping is an NEH-funded Research and Development project to develop a reproduceable framework for remote risk assessment using Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping.

Mia: Repaired coats from Siberia reveal indigenous knowledge

The two Nivkh fish skin festival coats in “Dressed by Nature: Textiles of Japan” — one in Mia’s collection, the other a promised gift — are remarkably well-preserved given their age and use. Nonetheless, they were in need of cleaning, repair, and some relaxing, so they could be displayed safely and so visitors could see the makers’ handiwork without distracting dirt and creases. Learn about MACC’s work on these artifacts.

Mia Conservation Projects

Learn about our collaborative conservation projects with the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia).

Donate Now

Donate now to support MACC’s work.

Featured Slideshow