Conservation Center - for Art and Historic Artifacts

The Conservation Center specializes in the treatment of art and historic artifacts on paper. Established in 1977, CCAHA is one of the largest non-profit regional conservation labs in the country.


Conservators Staff: Barbara Lemmen

Barbara Lemmen

Senior Photograph Conservator

Barbara Lemmen is a Senior Photograph Conservator at CCAHA.  She received a M.S. in 1991 from the Winterthur Museum/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.  She completed internships at the National Archives of Canada, the Image Permanence Institute, and the José Orraca Studio.  She worked as the consulting photograph conservator at the Library of Congress from 1992 until 1995.  Prior to joining the staff of CCAHA in 2001, Barbara maintained a private practice in New Hampshire from 1993-2001.  

While working at CCAHA, Barbara has provided conservation treatment and preservation consultation for photographic collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Winterthur Museum, and the Wagner Free Institute of Science, among others.  Ms. Lemmen presents educational programs and workshops on photograph preservation and treatment to diverse audiences: graduate students in conservation, conservators, museum professionals, and the public.  She is Assistant Adjunct Faculty at the University of Delaware where she supervises the treatment work of the second year photograph conservation majors and minors.  She is a professional associate of the AIC and a member of the Photographic Materials and Book and Paper Specialty Groups and has served as Program Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, and Chair of the Education and Training Committee for the Photographic Materials Group.

Email Barb at blemmen@ccaha.org.