Heather Hendry Presenting at the 2026 Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation
Heather Hendry, Senior Paper Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts, will present at Syracuse University Libraries’ annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation. Hendry’s hybrid lecture, titled “The Wide World of Map Conservation”, will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EDT in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Bird Library Room 114) and on Zoom. Registration is required for the Zoom webinar and is encouraged for in-person attendees. Register using Qualtrics.
A full-day, hands-on workshop on Dacron lining maps will be held the following day, Thursday, April 16, 2026, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm on the 6th floor of Bird Library in the Antje Bultmann Lemke Seminar Room and the Joan Breier Brodsky ’67, G’68 Conservation Lab. The workshop is limited to 15 people, and advance registration is required. To register for the workshop, please email Max Wagh, SCRC Administrative Coordinator, at mlwagh@syr.edu.
All events are free to attend and open to the public.
The annual Brodsky Series for the Advancement of Library Conservation is endowed through a generous gift by William J. ’65, G’ 68 and Joan ’67, G’68 Brodsky. The Series features prominent library conservators that promote and advance knowledge of library conservation theory, practice and application among wide audiences, both on campus and in the region.
Heather Hendry is the Senior Paper Conservator at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia. She specializes in challenging conservation treatments of works of art on paper of all eras. Current projects include conservation of Jacob Lawrence’s Toussaint L’Ouverture paintings; early maps and founding documents of the United States; and a collection of Civil War drawings. She teaches conservation treatment techniques to other conservators, including a “Blackened Lead White” workshop, and has presented and published internationally on conservation of iron gall ink, lead white pigments, historic maps, Asian screens and pressure sensitive tape.
Heather studied conservation at Queen’s University in Canada, and she has worked as a conservator at the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Yale Center for British Art, the Harvard University Weisman Center and in private practice. She is a Fellow and a Professional Member of the American Institute of Conservation and will be co-chairing the Art on Paper Discussion Group on “Washing” at the 2026 AIC Meeting.