Allison Jackson is the Associate Conservator of Frames at the Harvard Art Museum’s Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies and is the owner and lead conservator at Allison Jackson Frame Conservation & Gilding in central New Hampshire. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2002 with a degree in Studio Art and subsequently trained with a master carpenter in Hawaii. After further training in private conservation studios throughout Massachusetts, Allison spent 6 years in frame conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In her private practice, she works with individual collectors and museums throughout the Northeast. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute of Conservation and a second-generation frame conservator.