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Dawn Kriss is an Associate Conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her prior experience includes working as a project objects conservator at the Brooklyn Museum, serving as a Totem Assistant Conservator at the American Museum of Natural History, a Mellon Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and internships at the J. Paul Getty Villa Museum, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

With a background in Andean archaeology, she has completed a number of related research projects in this region. She has also worked on archaeological sites in Chile and served as chief conservator at the Vitor Valley Archaeological Project in Perú.

While she has extensive experience working with museum collection objects, Dawn also provides training and consultation on multiband (broadband multispectral) and conservation imaging techniques. Dawn is a guest lecturer at NYU’s IFA Conservation Center, and has taught multiple broadband multispectral imaging workshops at other institutions along the eastern seaboard. Dawn Kriss LLC provides objects conservation, imaging, and consultation services.

As a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC), Dawn abides by their Guidelines for Practice and Code of Ethics. She received her MA in Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Objects from the UCLA/Getty Master’s Program.

To contact Dawn with any queries, you may send an email here.

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