​Welcome to the Society of Winterthur Fellows

The Society of Winterthur Fellows created this web site to keep alumni connected. Come here to renew your membership, manage your directory listing, learn about events, search for and send messages to fellow classmates, join a committee, become a mentor, make a donation, and more. Consider this site a home that you will return to frequently.

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Memorial Library. Image courtesy of the Winterthur Archives.

Old College at the University of Delaware. Image courtesy of the Winterthur Archives.

Divergent Paths, Shared Ethos

Winterthur alumni are curators, conservators, writers, archivists, educators, scientists, museum administrators, web developers, lawyers. We work in institutions large and small, in nonprofit and business sectors, and in companies we create and run. But regardless of ​where our professional paths take us, we share a common starting point—Winterthur—and the belief that objects tell a human story, that they can help us interpret the past, that they are worth preserving.

Founded in 1974, the Society of Winterthur Fellows was created to keep alumni connected to each other and to Winterthur Museum.  Make sure your membership is current so you can keep abreast of our activities and to show your support.

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Board of Directors

The Society is run by an all-volunteer board of former Fellows from both the culture and conservation programs. See who they are and what they are doing for the Society.

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Grant Opportunities

Since its inception, the Society of Winterthur Fellows has engaged in fundraising to support Winterthur's graduate programs.

We are proud to support two grant programs:  one supporting professional development of and research by for our alumni and another to support the research and travel of current graduate students in both programs. 

alumni grants

Conservation alumni Heather Brown (WUDPAC '14) attending a loss compensation workshop with a group of conservators at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, in April 2018.

graduate fellow grants

Conservation student Jennifer Myers (WUDPAC '20) presenting her work on cleaning oil paintings at the Conference on Modern Oil Paints in Amsterdam in May 2018.

A Tradition of Giving Back

In 2016, the Society made a gift of $2,500 to  Winterthur Museum to transform the Student Lounge  into a welcoming space for all current conservation and culture fellows.  As you can see from the "before" photo below, the furniture could use updating! If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to this project, click here, or on the button below. ​

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The graduate student lounge at Winterthur needs new furnishings, and it's about time we change up that orange couch for something better!

The something better...

Header:  Azaleas on the East Terrace. Image courtesy of Jeannette Lindvig.