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Vanessa Applebaum

Director of Conservation

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Originally from Florida, I now live in Ohio, where I am Director of Conservation for the Toledo Museum of Art. I previously lived in London, where I worked for the Science Museum Group and the Victoria & Albert Museum. I am the founder and previous co-chair of the UK Institute of Conservation's Modern Materials Network. My research interests include the preservation of modern materials and time based media, additive manufacturing, and the public understanding of the field of conservation.

Education

UCL
London, United Kingdom
MSc, Conserevation for Archaeology & Museums, 2016
2014 To 2016
Dissertation: "Preserving innovation: considering the conservation of 3D printed objects in museum collections"

UCL
London, United Kingdom
MA, Principles of Conservation, 2014
2013 To 2014
Dissertation: "Valuations of scientific and natural history research collections"

Courtauld Institute of Art
London, United Kingdom
MA, Byzantine art, 2012
2011 To 2012
Dissertation: "Frameworks of identity: two thirteenth-century vita icons from the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai"

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
BA, Biology, Art History, Chemistry (minor), 2011
2007 To 2011

Job History

Conservation Operations Manager
London, United Kingdom
November 2021 - present

Senior Conservator (One Collection)
London, United Kingdom
January 2021 - October 2021

Conservation & Collections Care Manager (Blythe House)
London, United Kingdom
October 2019 - January 2021

Conservator (Objects)
London, United Kingdom
January 2017 - October 2019