Hannah Lamport
MAC Candidate
Art Conservation Program
Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: Textiles, pigments and dyes, traditional Japanese craftwork, preventive conservation, instrumental analysis
Hannah Lamport graduated cum laude in field with departmental high honours from Harvard College in 2023, where she received a Bachelor of Arts for a joint concentration in Chemistry and History of Art and Architecture. Her research explored the introduction of synthetic pigments in Meiji-era Japan and their effect on kimono production.
She spent two years with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, where she worked closely with the collections, conservation, and family & youth experiences departments. She was a key presenter at the IAMFA 2024 conference, where she spoke on the mitigation and treatment of TMP-ol efflorescence growing on display case objects.