Miranda Hope Dunn

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a navy blazer and white shirt, smiling in front of a bookshelf and framed artwork.

Owner and Principal Paintings Conservator, Dunn Art Conservation Studio, LLC

Miranda is an accredited paintings conservator based in Los Angeles and a Professional Member of the American Institute for Conservation. 

With a Master of Science from the premier U.S. conservation program, the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, she holds a key position at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and has worked in private practice for 7 years. She has previously worked at the Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Grounded in academic training and a commitment to ethical standards, she has shared her expertise through lectures at CalArts and the Claremont Colleges and at LACMA and has made contributions to professional publications such as AIC News.

Miranda continues to serve the Los Angeles community at LACMA while expanding her professional portfolio through Dunn Art Conservation Studio, LLC, providing museum-quality treatment, condition reporting, and housing and display recommendations to individuals, galleries, and institutions.

Education

Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation – M.S. in Art Conservation (Concentration: Paintings)
Southern Methodist University – B.A. in Art History

Employment History Highlights (Conservation Centers)

  • Dunn Art Conservation Studio, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, CA)

  • ConservArt Associates, Inc. (Culver City, CA)

  • Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa, OK) - Contract

  • Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD)

  • The Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, MD)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute for Conservation (AIC) – Professional Associate and Author of Health & Safety Committee articles

  • Graduate Fellow, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation

Awards & Grants

  • Emily Schuetz-Stryker Memorial Grant

  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (LACMA)

  • Featured in Southern Methodist University Meadows School for the Arts publication: "Becoming an Art Conservator"

Presentations

  • Introduction to Paintings Conservation lecture and presentation for Fisk-LACMA Introduction to Collections, Conservation, and Registration, June 25th, 2025.

  • Guest lecturer on painting conservation for California Institute of the Arts undergraduate courses taught by Douglas Goodwin, April 19, 2017, October 25, 2017, November 14, 2018, October 20, 2020, and November 5, 2025. 

  • Co-author of AIC Health & Safety Committee article Safe Gelling in November 2015 AIC News

  • Lecture for The Baltimore Museum of Art Friends of the American Wing, March 13th, 2013

  • Co-author of a poster presented at the AIC 41st Annual Meeting Poster Session in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2013. When Life Gives You Velvet: Preservation Considerations in the Making of a Period Shadowbox Frame.

  • Presentation of William Merritt Chase framing project and Oddy test results for The Baltimore Museum of Art Summer Sights tour, June 2012

  • Article about my journey after graduation:  Becoming an Art Conservator: Strategic internships, relationships and tenacity pave path to art conservation career, by Mary Guthrie, on the Southern Methodist University Meadows School for the Arts website.