West Lake Art Conservation Center specializes in the preservation and restoration of historic and artistic works including easel paintings, frames, murals, paper-based artworks, artifacts and documents, and photographic materials. Our business was founded in 1975 by Susan Blakney, Chief Conservator and Fellow of the American and International Institutes for Conservation (AIC & IIC). Located near Syracuse in the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York State, West Lake serves public and private collections of art and artifacts. Art conservation is the practice of preserving the original object, stabilizing its structural integrity and bringing the appearance as close to originally intended as possible using as many reversible materials as structurally possible. Our team-based workspace maximizes cross-discipline skills and strategies to create solutions or remediations for almost every condition issue, ranging from rapid emergency treatment, to long-waited maintenance-based preservation work. Our wide range of specialized tools, materials, and expertise allows optimal results. We look forward to meeting with you about your project and how we can help.
