Susanne Gänsicke

Bio

Susanne Gänsicke is senior conservator and head of antiquities conservation in the Department of Antiquities at the Getty Museum.

Antiquities Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum Senior Conservator

Stories

  1. Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again

    Article

    A large face emerges from stone in an excavation site as a man wearing a suit stands beside it.

    A collaboration between the Getty Museum and the State Museum of Turkmenistan

    Mar 11, 2026

  2. Ancient Art Preserved for Our Time

    Article

    Two women, with their backs to the viewer, use paintbrushes to touch up the corners of a large Roman fresco

    Susanne Gänsicke describes how she and her colleagues prepared hundreds of objects for the Getty Villa’s new displays

    Apr 3, 2018