The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), located in Los Angeles, California, is a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa, and commenced operation in 1985. The GCI is a private international research institution dedicated to advancing conservation practice through the creation and delivery of knowledge. It "serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field" and "adheres to the principles that guide the work of the Getty Trust: service, philanthropy, teaching, and access." GCI has activities in both art conservation and architectural conservation.
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Getty Conservation Institute
Getty Conservation Institute | Introduction
Art conservation and architectural conservation. Advancing conservation practice through the creation and delivery of knowledge It has activities in both art conservation and architectural conservation. Art conservation and architectural conservation.
what is the getty center in los angeles
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A campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust.
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who designed this campus?
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Richard Meier
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what architectural pieces are found in this campus center?
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The primary grid structure is a square; most wall and floor elements are squares or some derivative thereof.
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do they have parking space for people visiting this place?
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Yes
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besides the museum, what other building structures are located on this campus?
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Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Trust.
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how is the campus equipped if there is fire?
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Silicone fluid is used as a coolant and fire-resistant poverty weed was added to the slopes around the Center.
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is there a garden in the premises?
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Yes, Central Garden
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besides the flora, what structural pieces will you find in the above?
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A fountain flows toward the garden and appears to fall into a grotto on the north garden wall.
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what will you find in the research institute which you mentioned earlier?
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A research library, publishes books, and produces electronic databases (Getty Publications).
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what are some of the exhibitions they host?
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Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis
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what are some of their publications?
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"Series Imprints" books in the categories of "Issues and Debates", "Texts & Documents", "Introduction To", and "ReSources".
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you had mentioned a conservation institute earlier, what are some of the works of this institute?
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GCI conducts scientific research related to art conservation. It offers formal education and training programs, and it has published a number of scholarly books. GCI has supported field projects around the world to preserve cultural heritage.
Getty Conservation Institute | Introduction
It has been stated that "perhaps the institute's most profound contribution to conservation is the dissemination of information and methods learned in the field." Methods of information dissemination include conferences; lectures; books; and online publications, newsletters, video, and audio. The following are selected books published by GCI: Here is a selection of courses by GCI:
Getty Conservation Institute | Dissemination of information
In addition to the work of the GCI, the J. Paul Getty Trust contributes to the conservation field through the J. Paul Getty Museum conservation departments, the conservation collection located in the library at the Getty Research Institute, and conservation grants provided by the Getty Foundation.
Getty Conservation Institute | Getty conservation activities outside GCI
Institutions such as the Getty Conservation Institute specialize in publishing and disseminating information relating to both tools used for and outcomes of conservation science research, as well as recent discoveries in the field.
Conservation science (cultural heritage) | Introduction
The Getty Conservation Institute works collaboratively with other cultural institutions and conservation institutes on these projects, and states its goal for the program as being to making "significant and lasting impact on the field in this area." The GCI is able to take on this project thanks to its role within the larger J. Paul Getty Trust - the Institute has access to its broader resources, and has the opportunity to choose projects that best serve its mission: "to advance conservation practice in the visual arts, including objects, collections, architecture and sites."
Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative | Introduction
GRI publishes "Series Imprints" books in the categories of "Issues and Debates", "Texts & Documents", "Introduction To" (on "cultural heritage information in electronic form"), and "ReSources" (on the library's special collections). In addition, GRI publishes exhibition catalogs and other materials in hardcopy form. Here are selected books published by GRI, by the Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, by the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, by the Getty Information Institute, or by the Art History Information Program.
Getty Research Institute | Publications
These were:
Institute of Conservation | Background
GCI scientists study the deterioration of objects and buildings, and how to prevent or stop such deterioration. One of many projects in this area involved the effect of outdoor and indoor air pollutants on museum collections. Another project analyzed the cause of deterioration of the sandstone in the original National Capitol Columns now at the United States National Arboretum. In addition, GCI "conducts scientific research on materials' composition." For example, a project on the conservation of photographs has as one of its objectives the creation of an "Atlas of Analytical Signatures of Photographic Processes" which will provide "a precise chemical fingerprint of all the 150 or so ways pictures have been developed." As a part of that project, Getty scientists once examined the world's first photograph from nature by Nicéphore Niépce.
Getty Conservation Institute | Scientific projects
The trust has a library, publications program and visiting scholar program. The trust's conservation program is dedicated to advancing conservation practice through the creation and delivery of knowledge. However, since 2008, the trust has scaled back the scope of its activities in response to financial challenges.
J. Paul Getty Trust | Introduction
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI), located in Los Angeles, California, is a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa, and commenced operation in 1985. The GCI is a private international research institution dedicated to advancing conservation practice through the creation and delivery of knowledge. It "serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field" and "adheres to the principles that guide the work of the Getty Trust: service, philanthropy, teaching, and access." GCI has activities in both art conservation and architectural conservation.
Getty Conservation Institute | Introduction
GCI's field projects are "selected based on how they fit the institute's goals of raising public awareness, contributing new, broadly applicable information to the field, and supporting cultural heritage" and "must be executed in collaboration with partners… who must be serious about their efforts… so that projects are assured of continuing after the Getty's involvement ceases." Among other completed GCI field projects were efforts to preserve the Mogao Caves and Yungang Grottoes in China (announced in 1989); to restore prehistoric rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco in Baja California Sur (1994); and to protect ancient buildings and archaeological sites in Iraq following the start of the Iraq War (2004).
Getty Conservation Institute | Field projects
"Studies in Conservation" is a peer-reviewed academic journal, produced eight times a year, on the conservation of historic and artistic works. "Studies in Conservation" publishes original work on a range of subjects including, but not limited to, advances in conservation practice, novel methods of treatment, preventive conservation, issues of collection care, conservation history and ethics, examination methods for works of art, new research in the analysis of artistic materials or mechanisms of deterioration, and conservation issues in display and storage.
International Institute for Conservation | "Studies in Conservation"
Engineers created a smaller, portable version, named the "X-Duetto". Fitting into a few briefcase-sized boxes, it can examine objects on site, while preserving their physical integrity. It is now being used by Getty scientists to analyze a large collection of museum antiques and the Roman ruins of Herculaneum, Italy.
Getty Conservation Institute | Scientific projects
Office space was provided free by the Trustees of the National Gallery (London). The Institute moved to its own independent offices in 1968. The membership was to consist of Fellows who were to be persons highly qualified in (or in positions of great authority in) conservation and Associates who were to be "persons anxious to promote the objects of the Institute". Later a category of Institutional Members was introduced.
International Institute for Conservation | Early history
Training of interested parties around the world is important for the sustainability of GCI's work. For example, GCI collaborated with other organizations to create a course "to assist museum personnel in safeguarding their collections from the effects of natural and human-made emergencies." Also, GCI developed a course on the "Fundamentals of the Conservation of Photographs" which is now taught in eastern Europe by the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and the Slovak National Library. Besides courses and workshops, GCI has also been involved with long-term education programs, such as establishing a Master's degree program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles.
Getty Conservation Institute | Education and training
In 1930, the International Museums Office of the League of Nations held a conference in Rome on the examination and conservation of works of art. Following this meeting, the Museums Office issued a series of publications on the subject. In 1932 a technical journal of conservation studies, "Technical Studies in the Field of the Fine Arts", was established by the Fogg Museum (Harvard University), under the managing editorship of George L. Stout. It continued publication until 1942. The work of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program and the repatriation of art treasures after World War II brought together experts from Europe and the United States.
International Institute for Conservation | Background
Ed.). (1988). Object, image, inquiry: The art historian at work. Santa Monica: CA: Getty Art History Information Program.
Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship | Introduction
In-depth collection of modern masters and works by emerging artists; cutting-edge films; sculptures by Rodin, Matisse, and Moore.
Conservation and restoration at the Smithsonian Institution | Type of objects
Conservation initiatives were concentrated in Arabia and scientific publications were primarily concerned with the Old World tropics and subtropics. More recently, the Institute has been involved in research, training and scientific expeditions to East Africa, the Indian Subcontinent and South-East Asia. It also researches the Tertiary and Quaternary UK mammal faunas.
Harrison Institute | History
The Institute regularly releases important publications on History, conservation and Museology, some of the more notable ones are:
National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology | Publications
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Conservation Education Centre | References
The AIC publications include "The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation", "AIC News", and Specialty Group Publications.
American Institute for Conservation | Publications and Resources
From its launch, the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative has taken an expansive approach to its research efforts regarding modern and contemporary works of art. While focusing on learning about the behaviors of new materials, specifically polymers, resins, plastics, modern paints, etc., the GCI has also considered how to best share its discoveries with conservators working in the field. Along with its several collaborators, the Getty Conservation Institute has organized several conferences to disseminate its findings and continue to discuss the questions and issues surrounding modern paints, plastics, and outdoor sculpture conservation. In addition to meetings such as the Modern Paints Uncovered Symposium, hosted by the Tate Modern in May 2006, and the Object in Transition Conference held in January 2008, those involved with each project publish their findings in the Getty Conservation Institute's newsletters, as well as other conservation publications.
Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative | Impact
In May 1952, the first issue of the "IIC Newsletter" appeared; this later became the "IIC Bulletin" and in turn was succeeded in 2007 by "News in Conservation". In October 1952, "Studies in Conservation" began publication. "IIC Abstracts", an international journal of abstracts of the technical literature and the forerunner of "Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts", was first published in 1955. With changing editorship, it ran for five volumes ending with Vol.5, no.4 (Autumn 1965). In 2000, the first volume of the annual "Reviews in Conservation" was published and this was published until Vol. 10 in 2009..
International Institute for Conservation | Publications & Communications
The Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative is a program started by the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI). It began in 2007 in response to the variety of new materials and technologies being used by contemporary artists in their work, and the lack of known conservation treatments for these new materials. This area was seen as a gap in the field of conservation, but also posed unique challenges when considering the intention of the artist and the physical aging that his or her materials might endure. According to Thomas F. Reese, "Conservators...must enter into the critical spirit of the works themselves if they are to save and transmit not merely decontextualized fragments but their essence to the future." This program consists of various individual research projects that are looking to the conservation issue surrounding modern paints, plastics, and outdoor sculpture, among other areas as well.
Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative | Introduction
They proposed the revival of "Technical Studies" and the formation of an international body of conservators to continue the interchange of information on the care and conservation of works of art. Between 1946 and 1948 a series of meetings was held to discuss these proposals. Foremost among those involved in the meetings were George L. Stout, W.G. Constable (Boston), Ian Rawlins (London), and Paul Coremans (Brussels). In December 1948 at a meeting of the ICOM Commission on the Care of Paintings in London, it was announced that a new international institute for conservation was about to be incorporated with offices in London and that its interests would be the scientific and technical study of the subject.
International Institute for Conservation | Background
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Conservation and restoration at the Smithsonian Institution | Conservation Project/Publication
The Institute focuses on the dissemination of knowledge and further education in the field of conservation and restoration by new and traditional media.
Hornemann Institute | Areas of Activity
Among other holdings, GRI's research library contains about 900,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and auction catalogs; special collections; and two million photographs of art and architecture. The library also includes the trust's "Institutional Archives" which document the activities of the trust's various programs.
J. Paul Getty Trust | Programs
Past Forbes Prize Lecturers:
International Institute for Conservation | Forbes Prize Lecture
The Archive also collects films which feature key British actors and the work of British directors. The collections themselves are accommodated on several sites. The J. Paul Getty, Jr. Conservation Centre in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, named after its benefactor, is the base for much of the restoration work, while approximately 140 million feet of unstable nitrate film and all the master film collection held on acetate or other media is kept separately at a BFI storage site at Gaydon in Warwickshire.
BFI National Archive | Introduction
She is Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation.
Aviva Burnstock | Introduction
In addition, the Museum's collection at the Center includes outdoor sculpture displayed on terraces and in gardens and the large Central Garden designed by Robert Irwin. Among the artworks on display is the Vincent Van Gogh painting "Irises". Designed by architect Richard Meier, the campus also houses the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Center's design included special provisions to address concerns regarding earthquakes and fires.
Getty Center | Introduction
The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) is a global organisation for conservation and restoration professionals with over two thousand members in over fifty countries. IIC seeks to promote the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve historic and artistic works throughout the world.
International Institute for Conservation | Introduction
Paul Getty Trust and the Getty Foundation. These buildings are generally closed to the public except for special events held in the auditorium. They are linked to the Museum both by landscaped terraces and by an enclosed glass walkway that leads from the main rotunda. GCI, which is headquartered at the Getty Center but also has facilities at the Getty Villa, commenced operation in 1985. It "serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field" and "adheres to the principles that guide the work of the Getty Trust: service, philanthropy, teaching, and access".
Getty Center | Other offices
Incomplete sets are held by the Getty Museum (acquired with the Jean Brown Papers) and mail art archives such as the Artpool Art Research Center.
PostHype | Introduction
Apperson was a prolific author of pamphlets, newspaper and magazine articles regarding conservation issues. His personal papers and photographic archive are housed at the Adirondack Research Library of Union College, Niskayuna, NY.
John S. Apperson | Published works
Robert J. Koestler, 2004- Lambertus van Zelst, 1984–2003 Robert M. Organ, 1967–1983
Museum Conservation Institute | Directors
It also works with individuals and private organizations. Treatments include Bruce Springsteen's original lyric notebooks and scrapbooks, Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural drawings, John James Audubon "Birds of America" prints, Civil War muster rolls, and works by Degas, Matisse, and Picasso. CCAHA was instrumental in the 2014 discovery of two previously-unknown Cézanne sketches belonging to the Barnes Foundation.
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts | Introduction
"As an independent professional society IIC is uniquely positioned in the world, believing that conservation is of great value, by looking after our cultural heritage and our own and others’ cultural identity we are helping to improve the richness and quality of life for everyone. IIC was founded in 1950 by a group of men and women who witnessed dramatic events during World War II. A number of them were part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program and they were involved in saving internationally important historic and artistic works from being lost forever, they became known as the Monuments Men.
International Institute for Conservation | Aims
Szeemann had devoted himself to his archive and library and resultingly it contains thousands of documents related to his practice as an art historian, art critic and curator which continue to be studied today. At the time, it was the largest acquisition in the Getty Research Institute's history. This collection encompasses of over 1,000 boxes of research. It consists of:
Harald Szeemann | Archive and Library
This archive is open to the users of the Institute. The collections of photographic material are also inspected with a detailed analysis of their state of conservation. These files were created using the “scheda F” of the Ministero per i Beni culturali e le attività culturali (BBCC; Ministry for Arts and Culture) as a reference.
Gabinetto Vieusseux | Conservation services
To me it is the work of a Master, not only accurate in every detail, but subtly portraying the character of the animals with deep sensitivity."
Gary Hodges | Conservation Groups and People
Research covers many fundamental aspects of biological sciences which have relevance to the conservation of animal species and their habitats. The Institute offers research training through Ph.D. studentships, and hosts Undergraduate and Masters level research projects conducted as part of its own M.Sc. courses and courses at other institutions. Undergraduate projects are available at London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo. Zoological institute is also called the animal house.
Institute of Zoology | Introduction
These include the critically endangered White-shouldered Ibis ("Pseudibis davisoni") and Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey ("Rhinopithecus avunculus") plus the endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon ("Hoolock hoolock") and Francois’ Langur ("Trachypithecus francoisi").
People Resources and Conservation Foundation | Conservation work
Published annually from 2000 until 2010, "Reviews in Conservation" has now been incorporated into "Studies in Conservation".
International Institute for Conservation | "Reviews in Conservation"
Gettens moved from the Fogg Museum at Harvard University to the Freer. The laboratory was the first Smithsonian facility devoted to the use of scientific methods for the study of works of art. Over the years, the work of the Technical Laboratory expanded to include objects, paper, and exhibits conservation. The Technical Laboratory and the East Asian Painting Conservation Studio merged in 1990 to create the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research for both the Freer and Sackler Galleries. The conservators in the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research care for and treat works of art in the collection and prepare them for exhibition.
Freer Gallery of Art | Conservation
Since GCI was established, it has had three directors. Besides the director, the GCI senior staff includes: In 2009, GCI had a $33 million budget, down from $41 million in 2008.
Getty Conservation Institute | Senior staff
GCI has activities in both art conservation and architectural conservation. The Getty Foundation awards grants for "the understanding and preservation of the visual arts". In addition, it runs the Getty Leadership Institute for "current and future museum leaders". Its offices are north of the Museum. The foundation offices are located in the two administrative buildings that are north of the Museum. The J. Paul Getty Trust, which oversees the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Foundation, Getty Research Institute, and J. Paul Getty Museum, also has offices there.
Getty Center | Other offices
In 1961, with the help of a grant from the Gulbenkian Foundation, the IIC held its first international conference. That meeting, in Rome, was attended by 150 people, and the papers were published by Butterworths under the title "Recent Advances in Conservation". Subsequently, conferences have been held at two- or three-year intervals with published preprints on a topic of current interest. Past conferences are:
International Institute for Conservation | Biennial Congresses
The Institute comprises two branches, field research (ecology, environment and nature conservation) and integral planning with public participation (economy and social data, analysis, conflict management, environment and spatial planning). The Institute is applying GIS.
Göncöl Foundation | Work
It now houses a conservation institute named for Murie and her husband.
Margaret Murie | Work as a wilderness advocate, advisor and consultant
One of his last acts, shortly before his eyesight became impaired, was to institute a trust fund for the publication of original works in natural history: the first publication was "The Birds of the British Isles" by Dr David Bannerman, for which Lodge painted 377 illustrations depicting 435 species.
George Edward Lodge | Works
The Institute contains all the original printing presses and equipment shipped from Tyler's workshops in America, including a 100 tonne hydraulic platen press. In Canberra, Australia, the National Gallery of Australia holds a collection of over 7000 Tyler works, as well as an archive of related film, sound and photographic material.
Kenneth E. Tyler | Collections
Among other holdings, GRI's research library contains over 1 million volumes of books, periodicals, and auction catalogs; special collections; and two million photographs of art and architecture. Already by 1985, the Getty had acquired the complete archive of the American sculptor Malvina Hoffman. In 2011, it acquired Harald Szeemann’s substantial archive, consisting of more than 1,000 boxes of correspondence, research files, drawings, and ephemera, as well as some 28,000 books and 36,000 photographs. It also owns several art dealers' archives, including records for the Goupil & Cie and Boussod Valadon galleries, Knoedler Gallery, and the Duveen Brothers. The library is located at the Getty Center, and does not circulate its collections, but does extend library privileges to any visitor.
Getty Research Institute | Library
The Institute is home to a comprehensive conservation textbook and reference library, which supports the study programme. The formerly privately held Elisabeth FitzHugh conservation volume collection forms the core of the library collection held at the Institute, also lending its name to the research collection overall.
South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation | Elisabeth FitzHugh Conservation Library
[that] cleverly provokes far-reaching reconsideration of the lingering presence of blind spots and aura in today's art and culture." It was produced in a traded edition and two limited editions featuring a full-color sheet of stamps drawn from the "Manual of Lost Ideas".
Institute of Cultural Inquiry | Publications
The Getty Research Institute houses the Franklin D. Israel papers, 1967-1996. An archival collection consisting of project drawings and records, with the bulk of the material being architectural projects from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s; documents from his professional career; and a small series of personal papers.
Franklin D. Israel | Archives
Today IIC has a strong global network of distinguished Fellows, members and Institutions representing more than 70 countries and has close relationships with thousands of Conservators and heritage professionals internationally.
International Institute for Conservation | Aims
However, notes in one sketchbook containing watercolours of apes and monkeys indicate that, while some there certainly were viewed in private menageries, others were studies of stuffed specimens from William Bullock’s museum and the British Museum.
Samuel Howitt | Life and work
The IHBC is active in the publication of conservation and heritage information and guidance:
Institute of Historic Building Conservation | Publications
From 1957, he was lecturer in Archaeological Technology at the University of London Institute of Archaeology, working alongside Ione Gedye, who had started the teaching of conservation there. By the late 1950s conservation was coming into its own as a discipline, having previously been the responsibility of chemists and specialized restorers; the International Institute for Conservation was established in the early 1950s (Hodges would become a Fellow in 1960, serve as Treasurer from 1971 to 1974, and Secretary General from 1988 to 1994, being awarded an Honorary Fellowship at his retirement in recognition of his contributions to the field). Gedye and Hodges combined the study of chemistry, archaeology, and ancient materials and technology with methods of conservation treatment, alongside practical work on excavated and museum objects.
Henry W. M. Hodges | Career
Details of his conservation activities appeared regularly in regional and international media including CNN, CBS, BBC, Al Jazeera and Sky TV and featured in magazines and journals such as "Readers Digest", the "Smithsonian", the "Explorers Journal", "Africa Geographic", "Men's Journal", "Shape" magazine, "Elle" magazine and others.
Lawrence Anthony | Introduction
Many paper or book conservators are members of a professional body, such as the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) or the Guild of Bookworkers (both in the United States), the Archives and Records Association (in the United Kingdom and Ireland), or the Institute of Conservation (ICON) (in the United Kingdom).
Conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera | Ethics
According to Andrew Oddy, "modern scientific conservation is governed by an unwritten set of rules or ethics". There have been many failed attempts to codify these "rules" because conservation requires individual application and is dependent on the goals of the museum and curator; consequently, these approaches cannot be generalized. Paul N. Banks wrote "The Laws of Conservation", also known as "The Ten Laws of Conservation"; though never officially published, they have been widely shared by his students. The American Institute of Conservation (AIC) published a code of ethics and guidelines for conservation professionals involved in caring for cultural artifacts. Book and paper conservators strive to be sure that the treatments and alterations applied to the artifacts are reversible so they can be undone.
Conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera | Ethics
The Institute of Conservation (Icon) is a charity and the professional body for conservators and restorers in the United Kingdom. It has over three thousand members, including professional conservators working with heritage objects and buildings.
Institute of Conservation | Introduction
On April 27, 1950, the International Institute for the Conservation of Museum Objects (which acquired its present name in 1959) was incorporated as a limited company in the United Kingdom. Its aims were "to improve the state of knowledge and standards of practice and to provide a common meeting ground and publishing body for all who are interested in and professionally skilled in the conservation of museum objects”. The Institute was to be concerned with: The office was established with the help of a grant from the Nuffield Foundation. London was chosen as the "midpoint" between the United States and continental Europe.
International Institute for Conservation | Early history
In early 1955, he published articles in the periodicals on nature conservation:
Hasan Aliyev (academician) | Works
Numerous museums and cultural institutions also have individual advanced training fellowships in conservation science through such organizations as the Kress Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Northwestern University-Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies (NU-ACCESS) is one example of an Andrew W. Mellon funded fellowship.
Conservation scientist | Education and training
Collaboration with related fields, such as conservation science, computer science and digital imaging, museum curatorship, exhibition design, or archival studies, is increasingly critical to the successful practice of conservation and enriches the profession accordingly. Students gain expertise in conservation of cultural artifacts and artworks from a variety of New York City's public and private museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and nearby galleries, private collections, auction houses, historic properties, and private conservation studios.
New York University Institute of Fine Arts | Conservation Center
He helped to develop key statutes governing the conservation, management, and research of natural resources in the United States.
Pinchot Institute for Conservation | History
The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) at Rochester Institute of Technology is one of the leaders in preservation research of images in particular.
Conservation and restoration of photographs | Professional Organizations
Sarah Davies and James Harris note that with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the release of the archives, some of the heat has gone out of the debate.
J. Arch Getty | Research and ideas
Finding Aid for the at the Getty Research Institute. It includes a biographical/ historical section.
Jean Brown | External links
Some of the species kept here are, American bison, hooded cranes, red-crowned cranes, white-naped crane, maned wolves, cheetahs, a mariana crow, black-footed ferrets, persian onagers, Hartmann's mountain zebras and scimitar-horned oryxs.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | Specimens
Some notable examples of these contributors are WWF, Greenpeace, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, Friends of the Earth, Himalayan Wildlife Foundation and the Environmental Investigation Agency.
ENGO | Introduction
Other highly successful titles have included "Safety in Biological Fieldwork" (three editions) and "Biological Nomenclature" (four editions). From its second decade through to the end its fourth, the Institute was noted for its co-publishing ventures with commercial academic publishers. In particular its short book series 'Studies in Biology' with Edward Arnold beginning in 1960 ended up at the height of its popularity with 149 titles. This series was then with Cambridge University Press up to 2007. Over the years literally hundreds of thousands of copies from this series have been sold. Other successful publishing ventures in the 1980s and 1990s included those with Unwin Hyman, Chapman & Hall, and Westlake Publishing.
Institute of Biology | Role of the Institute
In recognition of its work to preserve the typecasting and letterpress printing operation, the Grabhorn Institute was designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as part of "the nation's irreplaceable historical and cultural legacy" under its Save America's Treasures program.
Grabhorn Institute | Introduction
The following are but some of the services CCI provides: CCI also provides project-specific teams for conservation, scientific, and testing projects. Its Paper Group works with archives and libraries in preserving and restoring their collections. Research conducted by the Paper Group includes paper bleaching, enzyme use, washing, and de-acidification. The CCI also self-publishes a variety of materials related to its work. As well, each year it publishes the "CCI, the Journal of the Canadian Conservation Institute". With a staff of about 80 to 100, the CCI has treated more than 13,000 objects for the heritage community, has published hundreds of scientific papers, and has distributed in excess of one million publications.
Canadian Conservation Institute | Programs
A further collection of Carcasson's works may be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library online.
Robert Herbert Carcasson | Works
He returned to the museum in 1919. He was a member of the panel of advisers to the British delegation to the 1933 International Conference for the Preservation of the Flora and Fauna of Africa, said to have been "the high point of institutionalised global nature protection before the Second World War", and, according to his obituary in The Times, Dollman "had a decisive voice on the animal species to be scheduled for total or partial protection". He travelled and wrote extensively with Walter Rothschild; their publications included "New mammals from Dutch New Guinea" (1932) and a study of tree kangaroos "The Genus Dendrolagus" (1936).
Guy Dollman | Life and work
The Conservationist is a 1974 novel by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. The book was a joint winner of the Booker-McConnell Prize for fiction. It is described as more complex in design and technique than Gordimer's earlier novels.
The Conservationist | Introduction
The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University has one of the oldest degree-granting conservation program in North America. The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts confers two degrees: a Master’s in the History of Art and Archaeology and the Advanced Certificate in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Students undertake laboratory work, seminars, research projects, and gain intensive experience through fieldwork and their fourth-year Internship. Conservators usually specialize in a particular material or type of object, such as paintings, sculpture, works of art on paper, books and manuscripts, textiles, architecture, archaeological material, or ethnographic objects, or in a field of study, such as preventive care, art transport, installation and storage, or the history of artists’ materials and methods.
New York University Institute of Fine Arts | Conservation Center
His publications comprised: The British Museum Library has nearly thirty of Young's admonitory tracts and other works; but it is hard to differentiate them, owing to the variations of title in successive editions.
Richard Younge | Works
A collection of excerpts from the interviews has been published by Texas A&M University Press, entitled, "The Texas Legacy Project: Stories of Courage and Conservation".
Conservation History Association of Texas | Publications
The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts". A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, GRI maintains a research library, organizes exhibitions and other events, sponsors a residential scholars program, publishes books, and produces electronic databases (Getty Publications).
Getty Research Institute | Introduction
Among notable grants of the Program were grants to partially fund the publication of books, for example to "provide for additional illustrations or allow a book's purchase price to be lowered". Some books "published with the assistance of the Getty Grant Program" were:
Getty Foundation | Books
The Getty Villa offers special educational programs for children. A special Family Forum gallery offers activities including decorating Greek vases and projecting shadows onto a screen that represents a Greek urn. The room also has polystyrene props from Greek and Roman culture for children to handle and use to cast shadows. The Getty Villa also offers children's guides to the other exhibits. The Getty Conservation Institute offers a Master's Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation in association with the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Classes and research are conducted in the museum wing of the ranch house. The program was the first of its kind in the United States.
Getty Villa | Facility and programs
For part of the GCR Series of books, commercial publishers were involved, principally Chapman & Hall. To date 36 of the planned 45 volumes have been published, with volumes 15 to 36 being published by JNCC directly, and available for sale through the Natural History Book Service, Totnes.
Geological Conservation Review | Introduction
Biodiversity Heritage Library has London-Dublin-Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, series 3 and 4, where articles by James Cockle were published: Cockle also wrote a series "Method of Vanishing Groups" for the Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal, volumes and pages 2: 267 to 73, 3: 179 to 81, and 4: 174 to 78.
James Cockle | Works
The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) is a subdivision and research centre of the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent, started in 1989 and named in honour of the famous British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It was the first institute in the United Kingdom to award undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and diplomas in the fields of conservation biology, ecotourism, and biodiversity management. It consists of 22 academic staff, being six Professors, seven Readers and nine Lecturers and Senior Lecturers, as well as an Advisory Board consisting of 14 conservationists from government, business and the NGO sector.
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology | Introduction
The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts." Among other holdings, GRI's research library contains over 900,000 volumes of books, periodicals, and auction catalogs; special collections; and two million photographs of art and architecture. GRI's other activities include exhibitions, publications, and a residential scholars program. At the Getty Center, GRI is located to the west of the Museum. The round building encircles a landscaped garden and is located to the west of the central garden. The main entrance of GRI is connected by a terrace to the main arrival court of the Museum, with outdoor sculptures placed along the route.
Getty Center | Getty Research Institute (GRI)
Further research is needed into the ecology and status of this enigmatic species if it is to be pulled back from the brink of extinction.
Barbara Brown's titi | Conservation
Getty made charitable contributions to the paleontology department of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Andrew Getty | Philanthropy
NMIHACM undertakes various projects with regard to heritage conservation across the country; some of them are:
National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation and Museology | Projects
World's largest stamp gallery, full-size Freight-liner semi-truck cab cutaway, vintage mail planes, stagecoach, 1931 Ford Model A postal truck, replica of a railway car; and videos.
Conservation and restoration at the Smithsonian Institution | Type of Objects
GRI holds two public exhibitions per year in its two galleries which "focus primarily on the special collections of the Research Library or on work produced by artists in residence". For example, in 2005–2006 GRI held an exhibition entitled "Julius Shulman, Modernity and the Metropolis". The exhibition traveled to the National Building Museum and to the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to exhibitions, GRI organizes lectures (open to the public), colloquia (most open to the public), workshops (by invitation only), and screenings of films and videos (open to the public).
Getty Research Institute | Exhibitions and other events
President Reagan called the Getty Prize "the Nobel Prize for Conservation." Begun in 1974, the Getty Prize originally honored outstanding contributions to wildlife conservation and now focuses on the education of future conservationists. In 1985, Train became chairman of the board of directors of World Wildlife Fund and The Conservation Foundation and served as chairman until 1994. In this same year, the Conservation Foundation formally affiliated with WWF. Though the organizations shared the same board of directors as well as some staff, they remained separate legal entities until their merger in 1990.
Russell E. Train | Return to World Wildlife Fund
His India collections are conserved by the Natural History Museum, London.
Edward Yerbury Watson | Introduction
The Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) aims to be the center for specialized conservation and technical collection research for all of the Smithsonian museums and collections. MCI's staff combine state-of-the-art instrumentation and scientific techniques with the knowledge of materials and the history of technology to provide technical research studies and interpretation of art, as well as historical and anthropological objects, to improve the conservation and collections storage capabilities at the Smithsonian. For the majority of the Smithsonian collections, MCI is the only Smithsonian resource for technical studies and analyses.
Museum Conservation Institute | Introduction