Take a tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum's American Furniture galleries, which invert the nature of the museum by asking the visitor to look closely and provide information.

Watch artists Beth Lipman, BA Harrington and Sarah Lindley talk about their artworks in the Remains exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as explain how their contemporary art is informed by historical decorative objects.

Explore Martha Glowacki's cabinet of curiosities installation at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Learn about early American domestic objects as seen through an anthropological lens, revealing facets of the human experience such as power and death.

ArtBabble Monthly Theme for January, 2010

Conservation is a profession devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future. Conservation activities include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care. Learn about the tools of the trade from x-rays to spectrometers to cotton swabs. The videos are really cool, we promise.