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Daniel Hausdorf is a Conservator in the Department of Objects Conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He specializes in interiors, furniture, sculptures, and wooden artifacts in the Departments of Asian Art, Modern and Contemporary Art, and the Robert Lehman Collection. Daniel oversees the technical equipment in the department for the documentation, examination, and characterization of materials in works of art. He leads research on appropriate technical solutions in the field of conservation. His work has been described in various publications and lectures.Past projects include reinstallations and exhibitions such as The Wistera Dining Room (2007), The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia (2011), Masterpieces of French Art Deco (2011), Extravagant Inventions - The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (2013), Reimagining Modernism: 1900–1950 (2014), Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China (2014), Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection (2017), and Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical (2017).Daniel has been an active member of the International Council of Museums, Committee for Conservation (ICOM CC), and has served as a coordinator for the organization. He has collaborated on development of multiple international programs for advanced education.

Listed skills include Museum Collections, Conservation Issues, Museums, Contemporary Art, and 15 others.