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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world's largest and finest
art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art
spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the
present and from every part of the globe. Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan
Museum is located in New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue
(from
80th to 84th Streets). Nearly five million people visit the Museum each
year. More...
The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (IFA-NYU) is dedicated to graduate
teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology, and the
conservation and technology of works of art. From its advantageous position
on New York’s Museum Mile, the Institute plays a vital role in the public
dissemination and discussion of art historical research through an active
program of lectures and conferences.
The Conservation Center at IFA was established in 1961 and was thus the first graduate program for the study of the technology and conservation of works of art and historic artifacts in the U.S.
Winterthur Museum, the nation’s premier museum of American decorative
arts, is located 2.5 hours to the south. A former du Pont estate with
greater than 175 period rooms and galleries filled with an unparalleled collection
of art and antiques, Winterthur is the ideal setting for the two graduate
programs it proudly sponsors with the University of Delaware. The Winterthur
Program in American Material Culture (WPAMC)
was founded in 1954 to prepare museum curators. The Winterthur-University of
Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) was founded in 1974
to prepare conservators of works of art and cultural heritage.
Together, these programs boast nearly 750 graduates and are involved with the study, interpretation and conservation of objects significant to the history and culture of their communities. Through their work in museums, historic sites, conservation laboratories, cultural organizations, and arts advocacy, they steward the material patrimony of the United States.
The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source Facility
The
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) is a national user facility
located on the Cornell University Campus, four hours north of New York City.
Each year, x-rays provided by CHESS are used by about 500 scientists,
graduate and undergraduate students, to perform research in areas from
biology and medicine to energy technology, nanoscale science, environmental
science and cultural heritage.
Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Photon Sciences Directorate operates the National Synchrotron Light Source
facility (NSLS), situated at Brookhaven National Laboratory
(80 miles East of NYC). Each year, about 2,200 researchers from more
than 400 universities, companies, and government labs use the x-rays,
ultraviolet light and infrared light that it produces for research in such
diverse fields as biology and physics, chemistry and geophysics, medicine
and materials science.
Starting operation in 2014, NSLS-II is the planned successor to the NSLS. NSLS-II will produce x-rays more than 10,000 times brighter than the current NSLS, with emphasis on the critical scientific challenges of our energy future.
Last Modified: November 7, 2011
