Giving a Second Life to Historic Light Fixtures

Watch as Dawn Ladd, founder of Aurora Lampworks, Inc., explains her team’s work restoring light fixtures for The Frick Collection’s Fifth Avenue home. By refurbishing the fixtures’ appearance and rewiring them to improve energy efficiency and lighting quality, visitors to the museum’s renovated buildings will enjoy their signature historic character while gaining a better viewing experience of the cherished works of art they house.

Learn more about our renovation and enhancement project at Renovation and Enhancement Project.

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Renovation Stories

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3:36

A New Entryway, Set in Stone

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3:00

A Facelift for the Frick’s Façades

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2:47

Restoring Our Library’s Reading Room

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1:15

The Oval Room: A Symphony in Silver

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3:39

Unboxing Diana

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3:23

A New Old Home

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2:35

Installing an Immersive New Ceramics Gallery

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2:40

Passementerie: Down to the Last Detail

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3:23

Preserving the Frick’s Treasures for Generations to Come

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2:41

The Breakfast Room: A Serene Step Back in Time

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2:57

A Refurbished Backdrop for the Heart of The Frick Collection

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2:48

Reviving Eight Figures from the Original Frick Façade