Barbara Appelbaum and her firm, Appelbaum and Himmelstein, consult for museums and other collections-holding institutions in the United States and around the world.
She is also the author of the ground-breaking text Conservation Treatment Methodology, which presents a unified approach to conservation treatment decision-making..
Projects of note have included George Washington\'s leather portfolio, a Marcel Duchamp urinal, and a Marilyn Monroe dress.
In addition to her museum-consulting activities, Appelbaum maintains an active conservation practice where she has worked on innumerable masterwork paintings and objects of all kinds.
Based in New York, Appelbaum was trained at New York University and began her career as a conservator at the Brooklyn Museum.
Barbara Appelbaum and her firm, Appelbaum and Himmelstein, consult for museums and other collections-holding institutions in the United States and around the world
