L.H. (Hugh) Shockey Jr., MS, AIC-PA has worked in the field of conservation for over twenty years. He has experience in large museums, regional centers, and private business settings. These experiences have included Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Balboa Art Conservation Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Mr. Shockey is a graduate of the University of Delaware / Winterthur Masters of Science in Art Conservation program with a specialty in objects. He is currently Director of Conservation and Principle of Shockey Preservation Services. Prior to opening his consultancy he was Director of Conservation for the Saint Louis Art Museum for 10 years. Prior to taking the helm in St. Louis Mr. Shockey was a staff objects conservator serving the preservation needs of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery for a decade. While at the Smithsonian he conducted treatments in public view in the visible labs of the Lunder Conservation Center. Mr. Shockey was also part of a pan Smithsonian team that helped establish the Smithsonian Haiti Cultural Recovery Center. Before joining the Smithsonian staff he was a post graduate Mellon Fellow at the National Museum of the American Indian and worked in private practice.
His conservation interests include exhibit conservation, modern & historic materials, and cross specialty application of treatment techniques. He is a member and Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and member and Past President of the Washington Conservation Guild.