Gilded Age Grotto Mural restored in the nick of time

This article was first published by The History Blog.

A rapidly deteriorating 107-year-old ceiling mural on the in the swimming pool grotto of a Gilded Age mansion in Miami will be restored thanks to a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures program. The grant is coming in the nick of time, because the mural was made using water-soluble paint on plaster. Yes, the mural over a pool in a grotto in sub-tropical Miami was made with materials that can’t withstand moisture.

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