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Vera Kavanagh

A conservation technician for 19 years, Vera Kavanagh works in a museum laboratory in Ketchikan, Alaska. She cleans, stabilizes, and repairs historic metalwork and fragile textiles held in public art and regional history collections. Kavanagh studied art history as an undergraduate and took a master’s degree in art conservation. Her routine work includes assessing storage conditions, monitoring gallery climate controls, and preparing delicate artifacts for long-term display.

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