Issues in Conservation Documentation: Digital Formats, Institutional Priorities, and Public Access London The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation This meeting was held under the auspices of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the British Museum on May 25, 2007. Table of Contents Participants 3-6 Issues in Conservation Documentation: Digital Formats, Institutional Priorities, and Public Access 7 Preliminary Questions Circulated in Advance 8 Issues in Conservation Documentation: Institutional Summaries * Art Institute of Chicago 10-13 The British Museum 14-20 Mellon Pilot Project 14 Courtauld Institute of Art 21-25 Mellon Pilot Project 21 Doerner Institut 26-29 The J. Paul Getty Museum 30-32 Getty Pilot Project 30 The Metropolitan Museum of Art 33-38 Mellon Pilot Project 33 Museo Nacional del Prado 39-45 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 46-50 National Galleries of Scotland 51-54 The National Gallery, London 55-60 Mellon Pilot Project 56 Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie 61-65 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 66-67 Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 68-75 Statens Museum for Kunst 76-80 *Edited by Janet Bridgland Table of Contents 2 Planning Committee David Saunders Angelica Zander Rudenstine Head of Conservation Program Officer, Museums and Art Conservation The British Museum The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Great Russell Street 140 East 62nd Street London WC1B 3DG, UK New York, NY 10017 USA 44-207-323-8669 1-212-500-2495
[email protected] [email protected] Kenneth Hamma Mark Leonard Executive Director for Digital Policy and Initiatives Conservator of Paintings The J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA 1-310-440-7186 1-310-440-7022
[email protected] [email protected] Moderator Coordinator Timothy Whalen Alison Gilchrest Director Program Associate, Museums and Art Conservation The Getty Conservation Institute The Andrew W.