2023

Speakers

Andrew Robb

Head of the Photograph Conservation Section in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress

Andrew Robb is Head of the Photograph Conservation Section in the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress. He also serves as the Coordinator of the Library’s Preservation Emergency Response Team. He has served on a number of collection emergency committees including to the Natural and Cultural Resources Support Group of the Federal National Disaster Response Framework., the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, and the FAIC National Heritage Responders. He has been a conservator and consultant for a variety of institutions, including the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Conservation Institute, the National Park Service, Harvard University, The University of Hawaii, and the National Diet Library, Japan.

He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Conservation. He majored in photograph conservation from the Winterthur / University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation and received a B.A. with honors in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania.