The family of Elisabeth FitzHugh is offering to donate her library of
conservation books and journals, which includes an emphasis on Asian art, to
any individual or organization that can either pick up the materials in
Maryland or pay for shipping. The deadline greatly preferred by the family is
University of Glasgow
University Services
Library
Project Conservator (Temporary)
Ref: 016706
Salary: Grade 5, £21,220 - £25,298 per annum (pro rata)
This position is full time (Monday to Friday: 09.00 - 17.00) and fixed term for
three months.
This NMCT grant funded project
Andrew W. Mellon Advanced Training Fellowship in Objects Conservation
The conservation department of the Cleveland Museum of Art seeks applicants for
an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Objects Conservation. This appointment begins
no earlier than September 2017. The fellowship is a one year appoi
Paper Conservator Position
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, California, USA
Classification: Exempt, Full-Time Regular, 37.5 hours
Requisition ID: 1173
The Huntington seeks applicants for a newly created Paper Conservator position.
Reporting to the Senio
Hi Everyone,
Here is the schedule for the upcoming online courses I teach to museum and
conservation professionals for March.
All the courses are designed for busy working professionals. You do the
courses entirely on your own time and schedule. No tests - No Quizzes.
There is a written assignmen
On February 25 at the New-York Microscopical Society's Clifton NJ headquarters,
European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Dr Enrico Sassoni will share
from his current work in materials engineering of rejuvenating and protective
technologies for preservation of mostly carbonaceous stone
Registration is now open for the Salted Paper Prints program!
Harvard Library and the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation
will present a multi-disciplinary, two-day symposium that focuses on the
preservation, characterization, use, and interpretation of the salt print
process,
Dear All,
ICCROM together with the Institute of African Studies at the University of
Ghana, is pleased
to announce its 2017 SOIMA International Course on Sustaining Sound and Image
Collections. The course will take place from July 9 to 23, 2017 in Accra, Ghana.
The advanced workshop is tailore
Dear colleagues,
I'm seeking advice on repairing nature print albums, specifically on the
the appropriate methods and materials for stabilizing and reattaching
butterfly wings which have come loose. The wings were adhered to a piece of
card and then the card adhered to the album page. According to
Beth,
We don't consider any coating a long-term barrier for wood products, nor do we
consider a "pass" on an Oddy an indicator of performance for very long periods.
There are too many variables and limitations to the testing. However, we've
found a few 2-part epoxy coatings that had better perfo
I’d like to ask some advice on reducing the static charge of the sheet surface
of Acrylic/Perspex/Plexiglas for conservation framing of works of art on paper,
especially float (non-window) mounted posters, maps etc. Despite considerable
size fillets/spacers, items tend to bulge towards or touc
Dear Patricia,
I investigated Museum Gel as part of my MSc dissertation in 2012 and in
short it is a polysiloxane or silicone oil. FTIR spectroscopy provided some
interesting insights into its chemical structure and also suggested it may
contain dibenzylidene sorbitol, a common nucleating agent us
CAMEO database offers this overview, silicon resin
http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Silicone_resin
Clear Museum Gel trademark, in US, held by Ready America, a California supplier
of disaster materials/supplies. (For securing things on shelves, against
earthquake)
http://store.shopreadyamerica.com/33111
Call for Papers: First Aid for Finds
We would like to invite submissions for papers for the 23rd European
Association of Archaeologists conference in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 30
August - 3 September 2017, for the following session: “First Aid for Finds:
archaeological conservation in the 3rd Sc
A death
Alan M. Farancz, 73, head of the Farancz Painting Conservation Studio, New
York, passed away 19th December 2016 due to complications resulting from
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Alan undertook his graduate training in conservation at New York University's
Institute of Fine Arts f
2nd Call for Participation: Natural disasters and cultural heritage in the
Philippines: Knowledge sharing, decision making and conservation
Tuesday 4 April to Thursday 6 April 2017
Tagbilaran City and Towns on the island of Bohol, the Philippines
This is the second call for participation to the
The latest issue of the Journal of the Institute of Conservation
(Vol 40, no 1) is now available online
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcon20/current>
with a diverse range of subjects discussed in an issue that includes
articles published as free-to-view with thanks to the support of
the publ
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