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.

Do faculty and students use twenty-six well-equipped conservation studios, laboratories, examination rooms, and workshops in the? Louise du Pont Crowninshield Research Building at Winterthur. This building houses one of the country?s largest and best-equipped museum analytical laboratories and conservation studios.