Rachael Perkins Arenstein is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and began her career working in museums at the age of 15. She has worked at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She completed internships at the British Museum and the Israel Museum as well as other international institutions. Rachael’s degree in art conservation is from the University of London where she studied at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. She received her B.A. in Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology from Cornell University where she wrote her honors thesis on the Dendrochronological analysis of an Urartian archaeological site. She has excavated at Tel Miqne-Ekron in Israel and has been the on-site conservator for Tel Gezer excavations. Rachael was in private practice for four years before co-founding A.M. Art Conservation, LLC in 2009. In addition, she is active in several professional organizations including positions as the e-Editor for the AIC and the Co-Chair of the MuseumPests Working Group. Download Rachael’s C.V. to see a complete listing of her publications, conference presentations and research interests.

Anne Léculier King is a Professional Associate member of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) with 27 years of museum and conservation experience. Anne obtained her degree in the Conservation of Cultural Materials from Canberra University, Australia in 1993 where she specialized in Objects Conservation. She has held positions at The Australia Museum and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, and in the Anthropology Department of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Anne’s conservation treatment experience ranges from ethnographic, archeological, historical and contemporary collections, as well as natural history specimens. Anne has been responsible for the technical examination and treatment of a wide range of artifacts, including Aboriginal bark paintings, Lapita pottery of New Caledonia, contemporary Vietnamese cultural materials, the iconic Haida canoe of the American Museum of Natural History, and the modern sculpture of Michael Richards. She worked in private practice since 2010, and joined A.M. Art Conservation in 2020. Download Anne’s C.V. to learn more about her publications, presentations and research interests.