The Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) is a Masters-level Program jointly sponsored by the University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. It is a three-year course leading to a Master of Science in Art Conservation. The curriculum is designed to educate and train conservation professionals who can carry out the examination, analysis, stabilization and treatment of art and artifacts, speak to general principles of collection care, and have a broad academic background in science and the humanities.
Faculty and students use twenty-six well-equipped conservation studios, laboratories, examination rooms and workshops in the Louis du Pont Crownishield Research Building at Winterthur. This building houses one of the country’s largest and best-equipped museum analytical laboratories and conservation studios. Winterthur is recognized as having a comprehensive collection of early American art - domestic, architecture, furniture, textiles, silver, pewter, ceramics, glass, paintings, and prints. The University of Delaware houses art studios for reconstructing historic techniques, science laboratories, a conservation laboratory and administrative offices.
Tours of the conservation laboratories at Winterthur are available to potential applicants throughout the academic year. Tours during the 2011-2012 academic year will be held on: Thursday October 20, Tuesday November 22, Thursday December 22, Thursday January 19, Thursday February 16, Wednesday March 14, Thursday April 26, and Thursday May 24. If you are a pre-program student and would like to schedule a tour during the fall 2011 semester, please contact WUDPAC Fellow Emily Schuetz at ; if you would like to schedule a tour during the spring 2012 semester, please contact WUDPAC Fellow Carrie McNeal at .
If you are considering applying to our program and would like to hear from us about current events and more, please register here.
