# @gettymuseum on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T17:36:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

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Works on paper can account for thousands of items in a museum collection, highlighting a wide range of materials and techniques used by artists for centuries. But many of these fascinating artworks don’t get studied in depth, whether it’s due to their physical fragility or the sheer number of objects under curators’ care.

That's why in 2018, Getty launched the Paper Project initiative to support prints and drawings curators to share graphic arts collections with new audiences through exhibitions, publications, and digital projects and deepen their knowledge of materials and techniques through hands-on workshops. In 2026, we're closing a chapter and saying farewell to the Paper Project. 

Spanning eight years, the Paper Project initiative supported 500 curators from 34 different countries. 

Here are a few of the over 100 projects that were brought to life through this work.

Learn more at the link in our bio. 

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Images:
1. Domenico Pino and Emily Friedman engaging in close looking at the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica. Photo by Camilla Colzani
2. A digital etching table in the "Acid Lab" exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel. Photo: Max Ehrengruber
3. A museum specialist in full protective gear at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery helps with the digitization of the “Ledger book of William Bache” (c. 1803–1812), which contains arsenic-laced pages. Photo Credit: Kimberly A. Harmon, CIH, Industrial Hygienist, Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM), Smithsonian Institution
4. Portraits of unidentified New Orleans subjects, from "Ledger book of William Bache" by William Bache, black paper coated silhouettes mounted on paper, c. 1803-1812. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA; partial gift of Sarah Bache Bloise
5. Travel snapshots from Betye Saar's datebook for her trip to Haiti, 17–23 July 1978. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
6. Japan Sketchbook, Betye Saar, 1999, pages 11–12. Watercolor and collage. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. Photo: Paul Salveson

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