San Juan National Historic Site 
​Forts San Felipe Del Morro and San Cristóbal

One of our ongoing projects, is the conservation of numerous iron and bronze objects for the National Park Service. The objects include cannons and cannon balls from the Spanish as well as the American colonial time period. The tropical climate conditions cause corrosion on all objects, leading to immense degradation of materials. Treatment of the corrosion is absolutely necessary to preserve an important part of our history.  An agreement was reached with the University of Puerto Rico to carry a collaborative research project for the study of the corrosion process and products at this location and produce a maintenance plan that help preserve this collection for future generations.

Luis Muñoz Marín​ Foundation

The Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation, residence of the former governor Luis Muñoz Marín, presents a great challenge to conservators, due to the variety in objects and therefore materials that need to be preserved. The governors collection of artwork, furniture as well as objects used in everyday life are preserved, archived or exhibited, partly inside of the original buildings. The collection objects made out of wood, different metals, paper, textiles and plastics from the mid 20th century requiring an interdisciplinary approach for conservation treatment. Each material needs to be treated individually with great sensitivity for its unique properties, 

Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park
​Institute of Puerto Rican Culture

Stone is another material the team has come across while treating and preserving national heritage sites. In this case, the petroglyphs of the Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Park.  Due to the rough climate and unprotected surfaces of the stones, accumulations of dirt, algae and lichen have made the petroglyphs almost unreadable. The treatment consisted mainly of a delicate and selective noninvasive cleaning of the surfaces, with special cleaning techniques and  materials, which made the carvings visible again.

Museum Pió López Martínez,
​University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus

The University of Puerto Rico has a large collection of art and objects in various media, such as books, documents, archaeological artifacts, ceramics, painting, sculpture in various formats and materials, furniture and memorabilia, which are part of the historical heritage of Puerto Rico.
 
A great representation of significant cultural and heritage management is in the Museo Pio Lopez Martinez, in Cayey, who are in their custody of the painter Ramón Frade´s collection. Since 2003 we made preservation and restoration treatments to permanent room Ramón Frade and Tree with Two Lives, a wooden sculpture that exhibits outdoors in the garden of the Museum.

Padres Dominicos, 
Central University of Bayamón

​Recently, the Order of Santo Domingo in Puerto Rico celebrated its 500 years of presence and relationship with our culture. A significant example of this relationship is the artwork of Fryer Arnaldo Marcolino Maas.  Our studio performed the preservation and conservation treatments necessary for the presentation of the artwork.   Also, we collaborated with the curating and installation of the exhibition "Tradition and Controversy" which presented a collection of important art pieces done by Marcolino Maas.
 
Identified constituent materials with latest technology and performed conservation treatments over various media supports such as canvas, wood, metal, glass and ceramics. We carry out surface treatments such as the cleaning of acrylic paintings oil and grisaille. We constructed the packaging, performed the transportation and supervised the mounting of the artworks for the exhibition.