Conservation Cart Talk | Conserving a Japanese Folding Screen

Name: Conservation Cart Talk | Conserving a Japanese Folding Screen
Start: 2025-09-05T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-05T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Highlights

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 03:00 pm

1 hour

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Washington, District of Columbia 20560

Date & Location

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm (EDT)

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C., District of Columbia 20560

1050 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States

About the event

Conservation Cart Talk | Conserving a Japanese Folding Screen

Cost: Free; no registration or tickets (walk-up only)

Get a rare glimpse into a current conservation project: our remounting of a unique Japanese folding screen by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, which features six fan-shaped paintings attached to a painted background.

Our Japanese painting conservators will talk about the process of remounting folding screens. In this traditional conservation technique, a conservator removes the painting from its old screen, constructs a new screen, and carefully mounts the painting to the new surface. Explore models and materials from our conservation studio to see what this process entails, and learn why we do it.

Learn more about how we mount Japanese paintings.

Image: Department of Conservation and Scientific Research

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