4:10 p.m., Aug. 21, 2009----As Laura Kubick cleans a giant eraser in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Kirsten Travers works from a scaffold to preserve the gilded ceiling of the Turkish Room at Doris Duke's estate, Shangri La, in Honolulu.

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Across the United States and around the world this summer, master's degree students in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) are helping to preserve some of the world's finest art and cultural treasures.

While a number of students are on summer internships at major American museums, several are working abroad in Australia, England, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.

The eight- to 10-week summer experiences provide the students with valuable opportunities to enhance their research and conservation skills in material culture, as well as provide the museums with additional professional assistance in caring for their collections, according to Debra Hess Norris, vice provost for graduate and professional education, Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts and chairperson of the Department of Art Conservation.

Jae Guttierez, assistant professor of art conservation, is interim director of the program, which is one of only five in the United States.

Read about the experiences of this summer's WUDPAC students by clicking the links below:

--Jessica Arista, Kaman-Kalehöyük, Kaman, Turkey

-- LeeAnn Barnes, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu

-- Lauren Bradley, The Barnes Foundation, Lower Merion, Pa.

-- Alisha Chipman, Museum of Modern Art, New York City

-- Rose Daly, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt.

-- Angela Duckwall, National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, N.Z.

-- Sarah Kleiner, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, Den Haag, the Netherlands

-- Laura Kubick, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

-- Emily MacDonald-Korth, Western Center for Conservation of Fine Arts, Denver

-- Amanda Maloney, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

-- Caroline Roberts, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley

-- Marie Stewart, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

-- Kirsten Travers, Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu

-- Renée Wolcott, School of Formal Bookbinding and London Rare Books School