Museum Conservation Institute

Museum Conservation Institute
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Established1963
LocationSuitland, Maryland
Public transit accessSuitland
Websitehttps://mci.si.edu/

The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute[1] (MCI) aims to be the center for specialized conservation and technical collection research for all of the Smithsonian museums[2] and collections.[3] MCI's staff combine state-of-the-art instrumentation and scientific techniques with the knowledge of materials and the history of technology to provide technical research studies and interpretation of art, as well as historical and anthropological objects, to improve the conservation and collections storage capabilities at the Smithsonian. For the majority of the Smithsonian collections, MCI is the only Smithsonian resource for technical studies and analyses.

  1. ^ Museum Conservation Institute Fact Sheet
  2. ^ Smithsonian Institution Fact Sheet
  3. ^ Smithsonian Collections Fact Sheet