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Funding will be used to restore three works from Murumbi Heritage Collection

With redevelopment work well underway at Medical Park Tower, Lillibridge Healthcare Services today announced that the two lobby murals painted in 1967 by Mexican artist Rafael Navarro Barajas will be donated to the Hage family.? M.K. Hage, the original building developer, commissioned the artwork and was a close friend of

Lending an expert hand to help preserve our history Submitted photos Fun with history The Clinton County History Center open house and exhibit grand reopening is set for 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27 including free tours and door prize drawings. Refreshments will be provided; masks and social distancing indoors are requested. The museum features a new Native American heritage exhibit plus a lecture on it from 6-6:30 p.m. At 5:30 p.m. is a ribbon-cutting in partnership with the Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce. The History Center is at 149 E. Locust St., Wilmington. WILMINGTON ...

Art conservator Eva Matysek SHARE Art conservator Eva Matysek in Poland, restoring murals The rejuvenating touch by Bondo Wyszpolski In 1929, two years after he’d designed the murals for Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, John Gabriel Beckman was commissioned by William Wrigley, Jr., to create the murals for the Avalon Theatre inside the Catalina Casino. The auditorium is spacious; it was built to accommodate nearly 1,200 patrons. In 1994, as part of an extensive restoration, which included reupholstering the seats, arts conservator Eva Matysek was hired to clean and restore the mu...

How three SF history experts teamed up to salvage dozens of Cliff House artifacts at auction FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 A Cliff House waiters' cap dating back to the 1930s was among the 60 or so artifacts salvaged by Nicole Meldahl, Alexandra Mitchell and John Lindsey.ACT Art Conservation LLC archivesShow MoreShow Less 2of11 An Italian porcelain muse dating back to the 1890s.ACT Art Conservation LLC archivesShow MoreShow Less 3of11 5of11 From left to right: Nicole Meldahl, Alex Mitchell and John Lindsey celebrate their victory in the rain at the now-shuttered Cliff House.ACT Art Conservation ...