Specialties
Peter Williams/Museum Services specializes in the conservation and restoration of 19th and early 20th century American and European oil paintings, murals and picture frames. Peter Williams, founder of the company, has a special expertise and interest in maritime paintings. We have been located in the historic Fenway Studios building in Boston since 1974 and enjoy an outstanding reputation for quality, service and integrity, while serving major art galleries, auction houses and select collectors and museums in New England and beyond.
History
Established in 1974.
The firm was founded by Peter Williams, a former object conservator who had worked in the Research Laboratory of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. During the first year of business the company restored objects for the John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum and Library, paintings for the Minnesota Bicentennial Exhibition, and a ship portrait for Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, which had been given to the museum by the King of Norway.
In 1974, the firm moved to the historic Fenway Studios building in Boston, a National Historic Landmark. Since 1905, this "artistic beehive" has been the center of the "Boston School" of painting. Peter Williams has recently been featured on popular WGBH television programs Chronicle and Jared Bowen's Open Studio. He has also restored a painting seen on Antiques Roadshow.
Peter Williams/Museum Services is a member of the New England Museum Association.
Meet the Business Owner: Peter W.
Peter Williams of Peter Williams/Museum Services has restored works from the collections of a Presidential library, a European king, and many New England museums, institutions and private galleries. He has published articles on maritime painting in Art and Antiques Magazine and has been interviewed on NPR and the New Yorker Magazine for his restoration of the "Black Admiral" painting. He has been featured on WGBH TV programs " Chronicle" and "Open Studios" with Jarred Bowen. His business has been located since 1974 in Historic Fenway Studios in Boston, which is a National Historic Landmark. He began his career as an art conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA. Original works of art by Peter Williams may be seen on the Gallery section of his web site www.peterwilliams.org