Molly O'Guinness Carlson is a peer reviewed Fellow of the American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and an active participant of the National Heritage Responder team for cultural material impacted by disasters. She has thirty-one years of conservation experience working with archaeological objects from terrestrial, marine and fresh water wet-sites from New England, USA, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark and Cameroon, Africa.
2022 projects include: Yupik basket cleaning and conservation of basket lid, Winslow Homer painted fish skins from Portland Museum of Art.
2020-2021 projects include: Public talk: Conservation of 1607 Fort St. George artifacts. Consultation on St. Mary shipwreck exhibit at Maine State Museum, Conservation repairs to a Wharton Esherick music stand, Colonial Theater, Augusta, Maine parapet ornament conservation, Conservation of the Man of Assisi sculpture by John Dirks for the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Winslow Homer studio object conservation for Portland Museum of Art, Conservation of the Haggett's Garage. 1916 era concrete sign for the Maine Department of Transportation, Conservation of Merrymeeting Bay Pioneers archaeological site iron, pewter and charcoal identification, National Heritage Responder team mentor and responder.
Past projects include
Conservation of Kayak and umiak models for Bowdoin College, Galamander conservation for Vinalhaven, Maine, Benedict Arnold's wooden lead shot box, a 250 yr old Rhum bottle!, University of Virginia Chapel cleaning trials, conservation of a Tang dynasty horse, conservation of an Egyptian funeral mask,
Conservation cleaning of Robert Laurent wooden sculptures for the Portland Museum of Art • include the stabilization of 100,000 year old waterlogged wood • metal object conservation from the 1607 Fort Saint George Popham Colony archaeological site • wood identification of a log canoe and wood identification of a Bernard Langlois sculpture element • conservation of iron artifacts from the Old Fields archaeological site, Berwick, Maine ca. early 18th century •recovery of objects from a house fire • conservation of artifacts for the Maine State Museum exhibit 'Malaga Island FRAGMENTED LIVES • conservation cleaning of the Cogswell Trunk for Colonial Pemaquid, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands • fire recovery for the Washburn Norlands Living History Center • conservation of wet walrus ivory, baleen, wood, antler and iron objects from Cape Grinnell and Etah archaeological sites, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark • conservation of iron spear points from the DGB archaeological site, Cameroon, Africa.
2022 projects include: Yupik basket cleaning and conservation of basket lid, Winslow Homer painted fish skins from Portland Museum of Art.
2020-2021 projects include: Public talk: Conservation of 1607 Fort St. George artifacts. Consultation on St. Mary shipwreck exhibit at Maine State Museum, Conservation repairs to a Wharton Esherick music stand, Colonial Theater, Augusta, Maine parapet ornament conservation, Conservation of the Man of Assisi sculpture by John Dirks for the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Winslow Homer studio object conservation for Portland Museum of Art, Conservation of the Haggett's Garage. 1916 era concrete sign for the Maine Department of Transportation, Conservation of Merrymeeting Bay Pioneers archaeological site iron, pewter and charcoal identification, National Heritage Responder team mentor and responder.
Past projects include
Conservation of Kayak and umiak models for Bowdoin College, Galamander conservation for Vinalhaven, Maine, Benedict Arnold's wooden lead shot box, a 250 yr old Rhum bottle!, University of Virginia Chapel cleaning trials, conservation of a Tang dynasty horse, conservation of an Egyptian funeral mask,
Conservation cleaning of Robert Laurent wooden sculptures for the Portland Museum of Art • include the stabilization of 100,000 year old waterlogged wood • metal object conservation from the 1607 Fort Saint George Popham Colony archaeological site • wood identification of a log canoe and wood identification of a Bernard Langlois sculpture element • conservation of iron artifacts from the Old Fields archaeological site, Berwick, Maine ca. early 18th century •recovery of objects from a house fire • conservation of artifacts for the Maine State Museum exhibit 'Malaga Island FRAGMENTED LIVES • conservation cleaning of the Cogswell Trunk for Colonial Pemaquid, Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands • fire recovery for the Washburn Norlands Living History Center • conservation of wet walrus ivory, baleen, wood, antler and iron objects from Cape Grinnell and Etah archaeological sites, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark • conservation of iron spear points from the DGB archaeological site, Cameroon, Africa.