When visiting the San Miguel Mission today with our fourth grader we noticed a huge shift in philosophy of art restoration to preservation. We have visited a few missions and all are buffed, polished, painted, and primped to perfection to look more like Hollywood sound stages than historical structures. The San Miguel Mission received grant funds from the Getty Trust to preserve the mission in it's current state. It's beautiful. The girls recognized it's authenticity and age and had an instant sense of awe for the space. Instead of giving San Miguel a face lift the Getty is just making sure his nose doesn't fall off. Sometimes aging is graceful. Kudos!- excuse the typos...posted via Windo's iPhone
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