About

AJCS, LLC is a small full-service conservation company specializing in the care of sculpture and decorative arts. We offer a full spectrum of services from initial examination/condition assessment, through treatment design to object treatment and final documentation. 

We work with many of the museums in the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, as well as several large private collections. Some of our larger institutional clients include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Franklin Institute and The Delaware Art Museum.

Adam Jenkins

Adam Jenkins is a conservator of sculpture and decorative arts based in Philadelphia.  He works on diverse projects for large institutions and individual stakeholders in the region including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Franklin Institute, the Delaware Art Museum, and several large private collections in Philadelphia and New York.  He is specializes  in LASER cleaning technology and research and their contributions to the field of conservation. This expertise has led to his involvement with several projects in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., as well as the opportunity to provide LASER training to conservation professionals.  

Adam received his MS in Art Conservation from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation in 2002, with an objects specialization. In the five years following, he served as Project Conservator before completing a three-year Mellon Fellowship in Objects Conservation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. While working in the objects conservation lab at the PMA, Adam developed his interest in monumental sculpture beginning with the de-installation, treatment and reinstallation of Atmosphere and Environment XII, a COR-TEN steel sculpture by Louise Nevelson.   

Adam lectures annually on mount-making for the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, and on the Conservation Treatment of Metals for the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Historic Preservation,. Adam also lectures frequently on LASER cleaning. He is a former member of the board of the Philadelphia Area Conservation Association (PACA) and is a Professional Associate in the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC).