Bruno P. Pouliot, [PA]
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Senior Conservator of Objects and Affiliated Assistant Professor
Winterthur, DE
Bruno Pouliot received his Master's degree in Art Conservation from Queen's University in Canada. He then worked as conservator at different museums in Canada, including the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in the Canadian Arctic, and the McCord Museum at Montreal’s McGill University. He joined in 1997 the staff at Winterthur Museum and as a faculty in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. There he has developed an internationally recognized teaching program on organic materials and on preventive conservation, while overseeing the activities of the objects lab and the conservation of all kinds of decorative art objects. He has published several articles and taught internationally on ethical issues related to the conservation of culturally sensitive material, and on aspects related to the conservation of organic materials, metals, and ceramics. He currently serves as Editor for the Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts Online. He is the recipient of the American Institute for Conservation 2010 Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award for excellent in education and teaching of conservation professionals.