NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

The Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, a partnership between the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University, combines the resources and expertise of a top-tier research institution and a world-renowned museum. The Center is a leader in heritage science, and its main goal is to advance research, education, and outreach at the nexus of science, engineering, and the visual arts... We seek to educate scientists and engineers and their students on the opportunities and unsolved problems in conservation science. And, to this end, we work to inform conservators, curators, and conservation scientists about the techniques and expertise available in science and engineering, which might be brought to bear on conservation science problems... A collaboration between Northwestern University and the Art Institute of Chicago that pursues objects-based and objects-inspired scientific research to advance the role of science within art history, curatorial scholarship, archaeology, and..

Primary location: Evanston United States