Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Venus with Cupid: Discoveries in the Conservation Lab
ISAC Museum Special Exhibition Lecture
Every conservation treatment begins with an investigation: How was the object made? What materials were used to construct it? And what has happened to it since it was created? Join ISAC conservator Alison Whyte to learn more about the discoveries made during the examination and treatment of OIM A30908, a statuette of Venus with Cupid, currently on display in the OI Museum special exhibition Making Sense of Marbles, Roman Sculpture at the OI, on view from September 15, 2022–March 12, 2023 (https://oi.uchicago.edu/marbles).
Originally aired November 2022
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2023, ISAC
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Venus with Cupid: Discoveries in the Conservation Lab
ISAC Museum Special Exhibition Lecture
Every conservation treatment begins with an investigation: How was the object made? What materials were used to construct it? And what has happened to it since it was created? Join ISAC conservator Alison Whyte to learn more about the discoveries made during the examination and treatment of OIM A30908, a statuette of Venus with Cupid, currently on display in the OI Museum special exhibition Making Sense of Marbles, Roman Sculpture at the OI, on view from September 15, 2022–March 12, 2023 (https://oi.uchicago.edu/marbles).
Originally aired November 2022
ISAC lectures are free and available on YouTube thanks to the generous support of our members. To become a member, please visit:
bit.ly/2AWGgF7
2023, ISAC
Music credit: bensound.com
