Heritage Conservation & Consulting LLC provides conservation and related services to the Mid-Atlantic and Northern Virginia regions.
MISSION: Provide individuals, museums, collectors, book sellers, and other institutions conservation options to preserve cultural heritage.
Heritage Conservation & Consulting is owned and operated by Leah Humenuck, a book and library materials conservator.
Leah has been involved in cultural heritage preservation and conservation for 5 years and received her MA with distinction from West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, England. She has work experiences and internships from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, The Book and Paper Studio in Scotland, and others. She is a member in good standing and actively involved in the American Institute for Conservation and the Institute of Conservation.
She is currently a researcher and consultant at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, PA and the National Cryptologic Museum, MD. She has a special interest in album structures, verdigris pigment on paper, and new approaches to photographic techniques.
EDUCATION:
MA Conservation with distinction
West Dean College, Sussex, England
BS Chemistry
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
MA Conservation with distinction
West Dean College, Sussex, England
BS Chemistry
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AND INTERNSHIPS:
The Book and Paper Studio, Dundee, Scotland
Edward James Foundation, Chichester, England
United States Army Heritage and Education Center
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Department
Georgia Archives
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
Navy History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Conservation Lab
Library of Congress Binding and Collection Care
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
The Book and Paper Studio, Dundee, Scotland
Edward James Foundation, Chichester, England
United States Army Heritage and Education Center
Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Library of Congress Preservation Research and Testing Department
Georgia Archives
Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute
Navy History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Conservation Lab
Library of Congress Binding and Collection Care
Smithsonian Archives of American Art