Austin Plann Curley

Austin Plann Curley is an experienced Book Conservator currently employed at The Huntington since January 2019. Prior to this role, Austin served as a Book Conservator at Folger Shakespeare Library from September 2014 to December 2018, where responsibilities also included Digitization/Exhibition Project Conservator and Graduate Intern in Book Conservation. Additional experience includes internships in conservation at The Walters Art Museum, Trinity College Dublin, Weissman Preservation Center, and a fellowship at Huntington Library. Austin holds a Master of Science in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware, a Certificate of Advanced Study in Preservation for Conservators from Simmons University, and has completed a Certificate in Book and Paper Conservation from Istituto Per l’Arte e il Restauro Palazzo Spinelli. An early educational background includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine/Studio Arts, Printmaking from Cornish College of the Arts.