Experts carefully began vacuuming destructive dust from the paintings, repairing tears and "inpainting" damaged areas so it appears nothing happened, Smithsonian conservator Hugh Shockey wrote on his blog.
Smithsonian leads recovery of Haiti's art, culture →
"To be quite honest, what gives me the most amount of hope is that the Haitians were recovering materials from the rubble rather than just throwing them out," Mr. Shockey said. "They saved what they could. If I am going to put the pieces back together, I have to have the pieces."
Conservator helps salvage Haiti's cultural material →
