About me
Seth Irwin is the Conservator for the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis. A position he has held since 2019. He also has a private practice that he has had since 2010. Seth holds a Master’s in Art Conservation, specializing in paper conservation, from Queen’s University. He also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Previously, Seth was the first full time Paper Conservator for the University of Hawaii Library. In 2011 and 2012, he worked on a fourteen-month project with eleven museums throughout the State of Alaska. At the beginning of 2017 he returned to Alaska for three months to work on a project with the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, treating Treaty of Cession documents for an exhibit commemorating the Alaska State Museum’s Sesquicentennial. Seth served as the former President for the Midwest Regional Conservation Guild from 2019-2021. He also holds an A.C.R. accreditation status with the Institute for Conservation and is a Fellow with the American Institute for Conservation.
