Dawn Walus appointed chief conservator of the Boston Athenaeum

On January 1, 2014, Dawn Walus was promoted to chief conservator of
the Boston Athenaeum.  In this new role, she will have primary
responsibility for the preservation of all special collections,
including rare books, prints, manuscripts, and maps. Ms. Walus
joined the Athenaeum in 2011 as associate conservator, after having
worked at the Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University.
She previously worked at Rieger Art Conservation and the
Preservation Society of Newport County. Ms. Walus is a graduate of
the art conservation program at Buffalo State College, and held
conservation internships at The Huntington Library and The New York
Academy of Medicine.

James Reid-Cunningham
Deputy Director
The Boston Athenaeum
10 1/2 Beacon Street
Boston MA 02108
617-720-7617


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