sculpture and decorative arts conservation services LLC

Sculpture and decorative arts conservation Services LLC
86 Joy Street
Somerville, MA 02143
United States

ph: 617-625-5922
fax: 617-625-4192

About Us

Barbara Mangum is the president of Sculpture and Decorative Arts Conservation Services LLC, which was founded in June of 2000.  She brings to this position over 25 years of experience in the conservation of works of art and artifacts. Clients include some of the most prestigious institutions in the Boston area: Mount Auburn Cemetery, The City of Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Harvard University, The Town of Bedford, the Peabody-Essex Museum, The Cambridge Historical Society and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  Mangum is a professional associate of the American Institute for Conservation and adheres to the AIC Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. With the aid of her professional contacts in the area of scientific analysis, work is performed at a level equal to the most highly equipped and reputable museum conservation departments in the country.

Our Business

Facilities:  The facilities were originally operated as a bakery in Somerville and date from the early 1900s.  The brick building was renovated for artist studios in 2003, opening for lease in February 2004.  Electrical wiring, fire detection systems and fire suppression systems are all new in the studios.  A freight elevator is available to bring objects to the floor through keyed access. 

Depending on the work at hand, talented interns and assistants are hired to help with the projects, always under the supervision of Ms. Mangum.

The facilities can vary! 

Below, Assistants Salvatore and Krefetz aid in the conservation of historic grave markers at the Eliot Burying Ground in Boston, Mass. 

Who We Are

Conservator Mangum holds a BA in chemistry and art history cum laude from Vanderbilt University (1977), a MFA from the State University College at Oneonta in NY and a certificate in the Conservation of Historical Artifacts and Art from the prestigious Cooperstown Graduate Program (1983).  She was further granted a certificate in the conservation of objects from the Center for Technical Studies in the Field of Fine Arts at Harvard University in 1983 and undertook advanced internships at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.  From 1986 to 1991 she worked as the Objects Conservator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.  She became Chief Conservator in 1992 and remained in that position until her resignation in 2000 and her involvement in SDACS.

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Sculpture and decorative arts conservation Services LLC
86 Joy Street
Somerville, MA 02143
United States

ph: 617-625-5922
fax: 617-625-4192