المركز الدوليLos Museos Universitarios reflejan su historia y las tecnologías desarrolladas en cada disciplina a través de sus colecciones tecnológicas desplegadas en un vasto campo de descubrimientos y aplicaciones que se preservan como memoria de su pasado. Hoy la Inteligencia Artificial nos exhorta a...
How does the passage of time transform the cultural value of a material object? Do objects gain—or lose—purpose or meaning? The artist and preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos (2022 Resident), the Princeton University classicist Caroline Cheung (2017 Fellow), and the artist and professor Karyn Olivier...
The Rijksmuseum Fellowship Programme 2025-2026 Applications due by 5 January 2025 The Rijksmuseum welcomes international, independent research proposals which open new perspectives on the museum's collection, its history and activities. The programme enables highly talented candidates to base part...
This two-session virtual course (Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 March) focusses on identifying the insect pests that may be found in collections of objects in museums and galleries, historic houses etc. Such insects may well have been observed and recorded on insect pest traps in the context of an...
This two-session virtual course (spread over 2 days at 9am GMT to 12pm GMT each day) will discuss Integrated Pest Management, Trapping and Monitoring, and how to control Insect Pests. An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme can only be effective if there is an understanding of which insects...
Las tintas ferrogálicas o metaloácidas han sido las tintas caligráficas de color negro más utilizadas en el último milenio. Con el paso del tiempo suelen presentar un deterioro característico conocido como corrosión de la tinta, ocasionado en gran medida, por sus mismos componentes. En esta sesión...
This seminar looks at the development of new biopolymer hydrogel formulations for conservation cleaning. For decades, conservator-restorers and conservation scientists have advanced the field of conservation cleaning through the introduction of new techniques and materials aimed at improved...
Join the Society of Antiquaries, both online and in-person at Burlington House, to celebrate their archive, library, and museum collections. The Society is home to over 40,000 objects, paintings, prints and drawings, and its world-renowned library contains over 130,000 books and manuscripts. We also...
Disaster and risk management in cultural conservation is essential to protect our heritage from various threats, both natural and man-made. Effective management involves risk assessment, emergency preparedness, and recovery planning to ensure the preservation of cultural assets. By implementing...
Outline The Fitzwilliam Museum is seeking a contract conservator for a period of eight weeks, between May and June 2025, to work on an important collection of early 19th-century plaster casts from the Alhambra Palace in Granada. Generously funded by the Barakat Trust, this contract is open...