Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

Preserving history one object at a time. Objects Conservator | Crafter | Baker | Small business owner | Health and safety nut. the-foundobject.com New York, NY Joined February 2014

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

a month ago

We are thrilled to have received a grant from the @NEHgov to survey and conserve our plastics collection. While complicated in any museum collection, plastics at the @Sept11Memorial, particularly those used or recovered from Ground Zero, pose complex preservation concerns.

National Endowment for the Humanities @NEHgov

a month ago

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

4 months ago

Got Drugs? [in your Museum collection]. Excited to attend American Industrial Hygiene Association @AIHA #AIHAConnect to present on my thesis work conducting a hazard assessment of the inventory of a historic apothecary collection at @ShelburneMuseum

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

11 months ago

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay and @conservators Health & Safety Network mental health working group is excited to announce our upcoming webinar on research related to mental health concerns among cultural heritage workers. #MentalHealthMatters #totalworkerhealth #artconservation

C2C Care @C2CCare

11 months ago

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

a year ago

Honored to once again support and bear witness for those who come to the @Sept11Memorial and museum each year for healing and remembrance. #NeverForget911 #RememberTheSky

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

a year ago

It's the start of a new school year (!), which means it's a difficult time to teach about the impact of 9/11 to a generation of students who now have no lived memory. The @Sept11Memorial is here to support teachers with our Digital Learning Experince. #911Museum #NeverForget911

9/11 Memorial & Museum @Sept11Memorial

a year ago

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Icon - The Institute of Conservation @Conservators_UK

a year ago

The last presentation of 'icon24 Session 6 - by Kate Fuget. Kate's talk explored preservation practice as a method of community engagement with traumatic history. Kate prepared the talk together with Kerith Schrager, who sadly couldn't come today. #conservationforchange

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

a year ago

Excited to be joining @thecwordpodcast once again to discuss health & safety issues for conservators along with my ECP colleague Adrienne Gendron.

The C Word @thecwordpodcast

a year ago

Excited to be joining @thecwordpodcast once again to discuss health & safety issues for conservators along with my ECP colleague Adrienne Gendron.

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

2 years ago

Just published! Our article looking back (and forward) at preservation strategies @Sept11Memorial. #memorialmuseum #heritagepreservation #artconservation

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

2 years ago

#Hazardouscollections can be displayed safely if you have resources. Was happy to discuss exposure assessments in museums with @__katrinarenee

New York Times World @nytimesworld

2 years ago

#Hazardouscollections can be displayed safely if you have resources. Was happy to discuss exposure assessments in museums with @__katrinarenee

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Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg

2 years ago

We will #NeverForget911 - and honoring that promise has never been more important. Join me in supporting the @Sept11Memorial’s The Never Forget Fund by making a contribution. Donate before midnight on 9/11 and I will triple your donation. bloombg.org/3RaRcIV

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Conserv @TeamConserv

2 years ago

We have an upcoming AMA (Ask Me Anything) on occupational health and safety for cultural heritage workers with AMA Kerith Koss Schrager, Head of Conservation at @Sept11Memorial. bit.ly/43snBOz Don't miss it!

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9/11 Memorial & Museum @Sept11Memorial

2 years ago

Serving as heritage stewards and ensuring we #neverforget the events and victims of 9/11 involves everyday preservation of the objects and artifacts in our collection. Protecting their integrity will always remain central to our ability to safeguard the 9/11 legacy and allow new…

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9/11 Memorial & Museum @Sept11Memorial

3 years ago

Here’s an inside look at a very special Tuesday task when the #911Museum is closed: the delicate maintenance of the 2,983 squares of the Spencer Finch art installation "Trying to Remember the Color of the Sky on that September Morning" in Memorial Hall.

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9/11 Memorial & Museum @Sept11Memorial

3 years ago

When the #911Museum is closed on Tuesdays, the Collections Dep. cares for the artifacts & exhibitions on display in the galleries. Here's a BTS look at our Tuesday-scheduled activities as conservators inspect a section of the original Slurry Wall in Foundation Hall.

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

4 years ago

If you missed our presentation at #AICmtg2021 on effects of both hazardous materials and emotional trauma on preservation policy you can catch the recording later this week in the Collection Care Network session #hazardouscollections #preservationisabias #worldtradecenterdust

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

4 years ago

Thanks @ArtsWestchester for a lovely profile on our new studio space! Feels like home already 🎉 with @RPArenstein, @EugenieMilroy, and Anne King artswestchester.org/art-matters/ar…

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

5 years ago

Proud to have contributed to this great initiative. @AIHA has just added a guidance document for reopening Museums and Collection Institutions as part of their Back to Work Safely website. …ha-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/AIHA/resources…

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Kerith Koss Schrager @thefoundobject

6 years ago

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Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture Boston @ArtsinBoston

6 years ago

We're reopening our Opportunity Fund as the Boston Artist Relief Fund, which will award grants of $500 and $1,000 to Boston artists whose creative practices & incomes are being adversely impacted by COVID-19. Artists can apply until 6/30 bit.ly/2TJJw2b

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American Alliance of Museums @AAMers

6 years ago

Are you worried about the possible impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on your museum or organization's operations? Learn more with our expanded resources on Health in the Workplace. We will regularly update this page as more information becomes available: