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For a century, water seeped into and damaged the pioneer-era Manti Utah Temple’s walls and the plaster under the historic temple’s cherished murals by masters like Minerva Teichert and C.C.A. Christensen. Now, that threat is gone, a church historian said after a tour for journalists Monday morning at the third-oldest temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After a 29-month renovation that included intense water mitigation as well as restoration and preservation...

The Manti Utah Temple renovation plugged the water leaking into the temple. It also included high-level conservation work on the treasured temple murals of Minerva Teichert, C.C.A. Christensen and Robert L. Shepherd.

Restoration Of Beloved Murals At Lake Forest Library To Begin Soon - Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, IL - The library board recently approved devoting up to $266,000 to repair and restore 12 murals that are nearly 92 years old inside the library.

Usually, history museums acquire objects that are meaningful to their mission and collections from items handed down through generations or donations from community resources. Occasionally, curators come across a diamond in the rough, a find that is both rare and significant to history.

The Elmhurst History Museum is unveiling the 160-year-old portrait of Jennie “Jane” Byrd Bryan, the wife of Thomas Barbour Bryan, a distinguished figure in the history of both Elmhurst and Chicago.

Painted more than 80 years ago, the paintings on the ceiling and walls of the Northwest Side school’s library showcase, among other things, the ‘spirit’ of Chicago.

ELY – The 1940s-era murals in the Ely Post Office were given a once-in-a-lifetime cleaning, renovation and preservation this week. The two murals, one depicting a mining scene and the other …