This interview with conservator of paintings, polychrome sculpture and historical interiors Anne van Grevenstein was initially conducted for the FAIC Oral History program (USA) founded by Joyce Hill Stoner. Anne van Grevenstein was already interviewed for the FAIC Oral History program in 2009 by Muriel Verbeeck. The 2009 interview focused more on the training of Van Grevenstein. The 2017 interview can be seen as a follow up and covers her work at the Jan van Eyck Academy (Maastricht), the Central Laboratory (Amsterdam), the Frans Hals Museum (Haarlem), the SRAL (Maastricht), of which she was director, and her professorship in Nijmegen and Amsterdam. Projects like the Oranjezaal and MolArt are also discussed.

Interviews in Conservation Research is a growing collection of oral history records that can inform the preservation, conservation and presentation of works of art and cultural heritage in the Netherlands. Many professionals in museums and heritage institutions conduct interviews with artists, artist assistants and conservators, as well as with other stakeholders, such as curators, directors and collectors to learn more about the works they have in their collections. These interviews are rarely sustainably archived nor easily accessible for other researchers, as their existence as primary sources is relatively unknown. This thematic collection helps to overcome these problems and is one of the main results of the NWO funded KIEM project Interviews in Conservation Research, a partner project of the Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science (NICAS) as part of the Conservation Oral History Initiative. This is an ongoing initiative and additions to the thematic collection Interviews in Conservation Research are welcome to build a rich collection of unique source material that allows for cross-referencing and provides a unique view on the behind the scenes of the lives of works of art and cultural heritage in the Netherlands.