About me
Erin Murphy is a Conservator in the Anthropology Collections at the Field Museum, and works in the Center for Repatriation. Erin initially joined the Field Museum’s staff in August 2018 and became the Lead project conservator for the renovation of the Native North American Hall which opened in May 2022. Immediately prior, she served as the Marshall Steel Senior Conservation Intern, Archaeological Collections at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Erin completed internships at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London, the Arizona State Museum, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, and Chhairo Gompa in Nepal. Erin earned her MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums and her M.A. in Principles of Conservation from University College London. Her thesis project (which received distinction) was "Decolonization and Conservation of Australian Aboriginal Art and Artifacts". She earned her B.A. in art history and studio art at St. Olaf College, Northfield MN. Erin specializes in natural history collections, Indigenous heritage conservation, exhibition loans, and collaborative conservation.
