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Preparing the Palmer Museum of Art

Paintings and exhibits are being placed on display in preparation for the June 1 opening

Undergraduate intern Anna Muñoz Cruz, center, helps guide the painting 'Chinatown' by Alfred Mira into place with assistant preparator Danielle Spewak. Cruz is a third-year student at Penn State studying art history. The new Palmer Museum of Art is slated for a June 1, 2024, opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Victoria Oishi, an undergraduate intern at the Palmer Museum of Art, drills a j-hook into place using a laser level as a guideline. Preparators and interns have started displaying paintings and exhibits at the Palmer Museum of Art in preparation for the June 2024 opening of the new facility. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Assistant preparator's Danielle Spewak and Joe Ferguson make sure the sculpture 'Mother and Son' by John Flanagan is properly placed on a pedestal. The new Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is slated for a June 2024 grand opening and staff are beginning to fill various locations around the facility with paintings and exhibits. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak, with help from intern Anna Muñoz Cruz, measures a painting's width as they prepare it for display at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The new museum will open June 1, 2024. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Assistant preparator Joe Ferguson, right, carefully hangs the painting 'Hibiscus, Shell, and Plate' by the American artist Joseph Stella, with help from museum intern Victoria Oishi. Staff at the museum are beginning to load in and display art exhibits to the new facility in preparation for the June 2024 grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Undergraduate intern Anna Muñoz Cruz, center, helps guide the painting 'Chinatown' by Alfred Mira into place with assistant preparator Danielle Spewak. Cruz is a third-year student at Penn State studying art history. The new Palmer Museum of Art is slated for a June 1, 2024, opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Joe Ferguson checks to make sure the painting titled 'Mountains in Stone, Dogtown' by Marsden Hartley is level and accurately in place during the load in of art exhibits at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The painting in the foreground, 'Purple Vase,' also is by Hartley. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak, left, an assistant preparator at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, guides a display into place with the help of intern Anna Muñoz Cruz. The sculpture is titled 'John Brown and the Fugitive Slave' by Seymour Lipton and is part of the museum's American Art galleries. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak and Anna Munoz Cruz carefully hang the painting 'St. George's Church, Pirano' by Henry Ossawa Tanner in place at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The new museum, located next to the Arboretum at Penn State, will open June 1, 2024. Click here for more information on the museum's grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Victoria Oishi, an undergraduate intern at the Palmer Museum of Art, drills a j-hook into place using a laser level as a guideline. Preparators and interns have started displaying paintings and exhibits at the Palmer Museum of Art in preparation for the June 2024 opening of the new facility. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Assistant preparator's Danielle Spewak and Joe Ferguson make sure the sculpture 'Mother and Son' by John Flanagan is properly placed on a pedestal. The new Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is slated for a June 2024 grand opening and staff are beginning to fill various locations around the facility with paintings and exhibits. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak, with help from intern Anna Muñoz Cruz, measures a painting's width as they prepare it for display at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The new museum will open June 1, 2024. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Assistant preparator Joe Ferguson, right, carefully hangs the painting 'Hibiscus, Shell, and Plate' by the American artist Joseph Stella, with help from museum intern Victoria Oishi. Staff at the museum are beginning to load in and display art exhibits to the new facility in preparation for the June 2024 grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Undergraduate intern Anna Muñoz Cruz, center, helps guide the painting 'Chinatown' by Alfred Mira into place with assistant preparator Danielle Spewak. Cruz is a third-year student at Penn State studying art history. The new Palmer Museum of Art is slated for a June 1, 2024, opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Joe Ferguson checks to make sure the painting titled 'Mountains in Stone, Dogtown' by Marsden Hartley is level and accurately in place during the load in of art exhibits at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The painting in the foreground, 'Purple Vase,' also is by Hartley. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak, left, an assistant preparator at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, guides a display into place with the help of intern Anna Muñoz Cruz. The sculpture is titled 'John Brown and the Fugitive Slave' by Seymour Lipton and is part of the museum's American Art galleries. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Danielle Spewak and Anna Munoz Cruz carefully hang the painting 'St. George's Church, Pirano' by Henry Ossawa Tanner in place at the new Palmer Museum of Art. The new museum, located next to the Arboretum at Penn State, will open June 1, 2024. Click here for more information on the museum's grand opening. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Last Updated February 2, 2024

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