Facilities include a wet chemistry laboratory, a microscopy room, and two analytical laboratories. The analytical equipment includes an x-ray powder diffraction unit (equipped with Debye-Scherrer and Gandolfi cameras), a gas chromatograph with pyrolysis accessory, an FTIR spectrophotometer, an ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer (with both reflectance and transmittance capabilities), a colorimeter, and a large environmental aging chamber. The microscopy facilities include a Zeiss Universal microscope, an Olympus polarizing microscope, and a Leica fluorescence microscope (all microscopes have photomicrographic and video capability). Additional analytical instrumentation, including an ICP optical emission spectrometer, scanning electron microscopes, Auger and X-ray Photoemission spectrometers, 300 and 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, and mass spectrometers, are available to the department through SUNY at Buffalo.

The wet chemistry laboratory is fully equipped for spot testing and microchemical analysis of artists' materials, and it also contains a full metallographic sample preparation facility. The wet chemistry lab serves the objects and paper conservation facilities by providing them with the equipment and laboratory space required to carry out ion-selective electrode analyses, pH measurements, and conductivity measurements. The Conservation Department is also outfitted with scientific instrumentation for organic and inorganic analysis, thereby allowing the identification of paint media, pigments, alloy assay, fibers, and photographic processes. Equipment for forensic imaging of artwork by X-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared techniques is also available. These services are offered on a fee basis. Initial contacts should be made by phone through the department's main office (716) 878-5025.