Conservation Cart Talk | From Panel to Hanging Scroll

Stop by our gallery cart to chat with conservation experts and explore how we preserve and research the museum's collections.
About this Event

Join Japanese painting conservators to explore the process of converting panel-mounted paintings back into hanging scrolls. Handle a former mounting panel, still layered with fabric, to better understand its structure. Then watch a live demonstration of how the first layer of backing paper is carefully applied to a painting—an essential step in creating a hanging scroll. Learn more by speaking with conservators about their ongoing treatment of paintings by Hishikawa Moroyasu and Katsushika Hokusai.

On our blog, you can learn more about how we mount Japanese paintings.

Registration optional.

Image Credit Line: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Photo by Department of Conservation and Scientific Research