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Andrew Robb

Head, Photograph Conservation,
Library of Congress

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Andrew Robb is Head of Photograph Conservation in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress. He also serves as the Coordinator of the Library’s Preservation Emergency Response Team and is responsible for the preservation housing supplies used across the Library. He has been a conservator and consultant for a variety of institutions, including the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Conservation Institute, the National Park Service, Harvard University, the University of Hawaii, and the National Diet Library, Japan. He has been an Associate Editor of JAIC, a Co-Chair of the Emergency Committee, and Chair and Program Chair of PMG. He has an M.S. from the Winterthur / University of Delaware Art Conservation Program with a major in photograph conservation and a minor in paper conservation. He received a B.A. with honors in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of AIC and currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Materials Working Group and as a member of the National Heritage Responders.