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IIC Congress IIC members’ news Conservation in churches Latest news and News from members in Spotlight on conservation final programmes: Taiwan, , Spain projects in London’s see foldout section Lithuania and Finland and inside back cover – see pages 2 and 3 Sofia’s Boyana Church No.7 , August 200 8

European conservation standards: update

As reported in February’s News in them back to the drawing board – or in Following this stage, assuming a document Conservation, work continues to establish extreme cases reject them, pending is not totally rejected, the working groups European standards in conservation. The five improvement. refine them in the light of comments Working Groups, under the heading of The draft documents which have already received, and they are then sent out for a CEN/TC 346: Conservation of Cultural gone through this first formal consultation second stage of enquiry. This involves formal Property – to which belong, among others, stage are: EN 15757: Specifications for weighted majority voting by national bodies, individual members of IIC – continue to temperature and relative humidity to limit which is binding on all states, and a final meet in various European cities to refine the climate-induced mechanical damage in stage that leads to national adoption and draft documents to a point where they are organic hygroscopic materials; EN 15758: withdrawal of any conflicting pre-existing widely acceptable as formal European Procedures and instruments for measuring national standards. Standards which, if approved, will temperatures in the air and on the surfaces Other draft documents under initial Vasco Fassina and Elena Mocchio, Chairman and automatically become national standards of of objects; and EN 15759: Specification and consideration cover different aspects of Secretary of the CEN/TC 346 Techical Committee, meeting in Athens this year the 30 participating countries. control of indoor environment: heating in environmental monitoring and control, more The documents go through a long period historic churches. test methods for heritage materials and for of consultation, first informally among Three draft documents are at the time of conservation outcomes, and standards for almost certainly be involved in the process, members of each working group, and then writing going through this first formal the transportation and packing of objects, for or your national standards body (e.g. DIN, more formally when they go to an initial consultation stage; all relate to test methods condition reporting and for the general BSI, AFNOR, ELOT). The leading secretariat public enquiry among member states. In used in assessing the condition of porous terms used in conservation and to describe for this project is the Italian standards body, many of these there are so-called mirror inorganic materials – mainly stone: EN damage. UNI. groups, often led by national conservation 15801: Determination of water absorption by If you want to know more about this work, IIC Council, at its Vienna meeting, decided membership bodies, which undertake capillarity; EN15802: Measurement of static the best approach if you are in Europe is to that IIC should be be more closely involved consideration of the draft documents, and contact angle; and EN 15803: Determination approach your IIC regional or national in this project and is seeking liaison status in provide comments to improve them or send of water vapour permeability. group or other professional body, which will order to keep abreast of the work. IIC sponsors students at reopens after fiveyear earthquake conference restoration

On September 26 2008, the Gettysburg worked on in Poland and () Cyclorama, a painted . The Cyclorama was first shown in depiction of the US Civil War Battle of 1884. Over the years it suffered major losses Gettysburg that is 377 feet in circumference and damages. In 2003, before treatment was and forty-two feet high, will reopen after a begun, its measurements were 356 feet in five-year restoration. Members of the circumference and 26 feet in height. The conservation team led by David Olin of Olin treatment of the Cyclorama consisted of Conservation Inc. included Ryszard cleaning, backing, and extensive inpainting. Wojtowicz and other conservators who have Rebecca Rushfield

The Cyclorama during conservation

From left to right: Kalliopi Nezi, Lemonia Kassani, Lukia Kateva, Kanellopoulos Panagiotis, Dionysia Stamatopoulou and Adriana Veve. The National Technical University of Athens detailed descriptions of the seismic and the Greek Ministry of Education along mitigation efforts built into the design of the with the J. Paul Getty Museum partnered to new Parthenon Museum and the efforts organize Protection of Museum Artifacts underway at the National Archaeological From Earthquakes, a conference that was Museum of Athens to protect the collection. held on June 2–3 in Athens, Greece. More Through the generosity of the Alexander S. than 200 professional engineers, Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, IIC seismologists, museum professionals and sponsored the attendance of six conservation conservators who attended the conference in students from the National Technical the new Benaki Museum auditorium heard a Institute of Athens.

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theoretical conservation terms, but it will be expanded in Editorial News in brief... future to include technical terms, organised according to themes and geographical region. The document can be There is a rather ecclesiastical theme to this issue ofNews Guggenheim exhibition focuses on downloaded from the ICCROM website. in Conservation, as both the feature articles deal with conservation conservation projects (albeit very different ones) that have From 11 July – 14 September 2008, the Solomon R. European Heritage Awards 2008 taken place within church buildings. Guggenheim Museum in is mounting the Conservation projects from 15 European countries were Stefan Belishki, writing about the conservation of wall- exhibition Imageless: The Scientific Study and Experimental distinguished in the 2008 European Union Prize for Cultural paintings in Boyana Church, highlights some of the ways that Treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting. The exhibition, Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards, held in June. The annual a long-term project can be affected by changing political, which was organized by the museum’s Conservation awards are given to projects that promote best practice in the cultural and economic circumstances. His article also Department and Sackler Center for Arts Education, focuses conservation of European cultural heritage and cover several reminds us of how conservation fashions change over the on an irreparably damaged painting (Black Painting, categories including archaeological site interpretation, years, and how this can cause dilemmas for conservators 1960–66) that was donated to the Guggenheim Museum by collection care and education and awareness-raising. The six involved in the latter stages of such a lengthy assignment (in AXA Art Insurance Corporation in 2000. From 2000–2007, top prizes recognised outstanding achievements in the Czech this case, lasting over forty years!). Carol Stringari, Chief Conservator of the Guggenheim Republic, Greece, the , Spain and Romania. See Lauren Fly takes us behind the scenes at Westminster Museum, led a team of conservators, scientists, curators, and www.europanostra.org/awards2008.html for more Abbey, where a project is ongoing to conserve two of artists in a study of the painting. Using Fourier Transform information. England’s most precious medieval artefacts. IIC’s association Infrared analysis (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy with conservation at Westminster Abbey stretches back to (SEM), Raman Spectroscopy and Laser Induced Breakdown IRPA/KIK celebrates its 60th birthday 1954, when an article about the Abbey’s Coronation Chair Spectroscopy (LIBS), they identified the chemical Congratulations to l’Institut Royal du Patrimoine was published in the very first issue of Studies in composition of the materials, and were able to identify Artistique/Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium Conservation. If you would like to see the Cosmati pavement restoration layers and damages above the original painting. (IRPA/KIK) in Brussels, which celebrates its 60th birthday described in Lauren’s article in person, the half-day visits Rebecca Rushfield this year. Founded in 1948, the Institute is dedicated to the during the IIC Congress offer an excellent opportunity to research and conservation of ’s cultural heritage. A visit the Abbey and meet the conservators there. ICCROM’s LATAM programme launched week of activities will be held in September to celebrate the The International Center for the Study of the Preservation anniversary, including an international colloquium and an and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) has open day for the general public. For more information, see It has been a privilege to be launched a twelve-year programme to promote conservation http://www.kikirpa.be. in Latin America and the Caribbean. The LATAM involved with IIC over the last two programme is aimed at “improving and strengthening Chinese earthquake recovery discussed at capacities for conservation, enhancing communication and ICOM meeting years exchange and increasing awareness in the region”. At the Recovery efforts following the earthquake that hit Sichuan, launch meeting, held in Colombia on 14–17 July, five China on 12 May were discussed at the International Council priorities were identified for the first phase of the programme of Museums (ICOM) Advisory Committee’s 71st session in Sadly, this will be my last issue as editor of News in (2008–11), including conservation education and training, June. ICOM-China President Zhang Wenbin and Secretary Conservation, as I shall be leaving in September to take up a risk management, and the illicit traffic of cultural heritage. Wang Dan made a presentation to the committee about the job elsewhere. It has been a privilege to be involved with IIC More information can be found at www.iccrom.org. effects of the earthquake on cultural heritage in the region, over the last two years, especially getting to know the which included damage to 313 monuments and sites, 78 membership and hearing about their varied conservation Arabic glossary of conservation terms museum buildings and nearly 1800 objects in museum projects all over the world. I am especially grateful for the A glossary of conservation terminology (Arabic-English and collections. Assistance with the reovery efforts is planned by continued support of the IIC Council and officers – and to English-Arabic) has been developed by Dr Hossam Mahdy several organisations, including ICOM’s International everybody who has contributed to the success of News in for ICCROM’s ATHĀR programme, which promotes the Committee of the Blue Shield, ICOM-China and the Chinese Conservation, whether as a feature writer, or a regional news conservation of heritage sites in the Arab region. The Museum Association. contact, or simply as a reader. I look forward to seeing the glossary, which is still under development, only covers newspaper continue to develop under my successor, and to enjoying many future issues as a reader! Finally: the Congress is now a mere 6 weeks away, so if you have not yet booked your place, you can do so online at Longshan Temple in Lukang Township in central Taiwan was www.iiconservation.org/congress. The foldout section on the Members’ news recently examined by conservators and students of the inside back cover contains the final programme and poster Graduate Institute of Conservation of the Tainan National presentations, as well as the latest Congress news and Lukang’s Longshan Temple: Taiwan’s University of the Arts (TNNUA). information. See you all there! “Forbidden City” Lukang’s Longshan Temple, a first-class cultural property The conservation of built heritage is a rather new challenge in Taiwan, is the island’s most famous Buddhist temple and is Christina Rozeik for Taiwan: hundreds of temples and historic buildings are in often called “Taiwan’s Forbidden City”. Its area stretches over Editor a bad condition and in urgent need of help and care. Even 5000 m2 and consists of three courtyards, including the today, the polychromy of temples is often being removed and famous octagonal wooden ceiling in the main hall, where re-painted in cycles of 10–15 years without any proper monks used to perform plays to please the gods. All the examination, documentation or application of conservation buildings feature exquisite wooden religious carvings and News in Conservation is published by The International concepts. As one of the first major conservation projects, fascinating, colourful paintings. Most parts of the temple Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 6 Buckingham Street, London WC2N 6BA, UK Detail of the temple's rich wood carvings. Telephone +44 (0)20 7839 5975 Fax +44 (0)20 7976 1564 www.iiconservation.org ISSN 1995-2635

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stabilisation of the objects, readhering the plaster and paint layers and cleaning of the original surface. The project is being run by Aleksandra Wałdowska and Paulina Gajos-Stopińska, in collaboration with Reskon Restoration Studio and Monument Service. Karol Klata Algis Blazys Conservators from the National Museum of Lithuania’s Conservation Center.

The National Museum of Lithuania’s Conservation Center The National Museum of Lithuania (NML), whose history begins in 1855, is the oldest and one of the most important institutions collecting and preserving historical heritage in Lithuania. Its collections reflect Lithuanian history from ancient times to the present day, and include about 1 million artefacts of archaeological, historical and national cultural value. It is situated at the very heart of the Lithuanian capital, in the Vilnius Castle Complex. The conservation and preservation of these valuable collections is the primary task of the Museum’s Conservation

Lin Yung-Chin Center, which was created in 2001 following reorganisation Working on the pilot treatment inside the temple's front hall. of the former Conservation Department. However, the first attempts at conservation in the Museum were made as far were built around 1750, but have been heavily renovated back as the late 1960s, although only archaeological finds and through the centuries. ethnographic objects were then conserved. As part of a large-scale conservation project, a complete During 2001 the conservation facilities grew constantly, condition survey and digital mapping of all damage were according to the needs of Museum. Currently, more than 30

carried out for the painted surfaces. Based on the Tiina Sonninen highly qualified conservators from various specialisations information and results gathered during this detailed survey Conservator Raili Laakso (above) working on the interior of the Worker and 3 chemist-researchers work at the Conservation Center. and from an art-technological analysis, a pilot treatment was Housing Museum (below), currently closed for refurbishment. They carry out chemical and physical investigations, carried out on several areas of the main building. Here, conservation and restoration of archaeological finds and suitable conservation concepts and conservation materials ceramics, easel paintings, textiles, wood artefacts and were tested, evaluated and discussed by local and polychrome , documents, furniture and metal international experts as well as the local temple community. objects. Every year about 3000 exhibits (including coins) are The results were then introduced to the public during the conserved. The Center also carries out microclimate international conference The conservation of East-Asian monitoring of storage and display areas and undertakes any wooden temples held in Lukang by the TNNUA and the local necessary preventive conservation measures. government in March 2008. The conservators also take part in exhibitions, conferences, Thanks to generous funding by Taiwan’s government and seminars and training courses held in Lithuania and other private sponsors, a complete conservation and restoration countries. The Centre also produces the periodical treatment of all painted surfaces is now scheduled for Restoration Methods, in which articles on different fields of 2009/2010. conservation practices and theory are published; the journal This 10-month project was carried out by students and is already on its fifth issue. graduates of the Department of Polychrome Wooden Objects In 2004, an award from the Cultural Grant Aid Project of and Easel Paintings of the Graduate Institute of Conservation Japan to NML enabled us to purchase modern investigation

at the TNNUA under the guidance of Ulrich Weilhammer as Tiina Sonninen and conservation equipment. This includes a Fourier Senior Conservator and supervised by Martin Pracher and Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer with Infrared (IR) Lin Chunmei of the TNNUA. Worker Housing Museum in Helsinki Microscope, a research stereo microscope with digital Ulrich Weilhammer The Worker Housing Museum in Helsinki, opened in 1987, is camera, an X-ray Chamber, a suction table for paper and a currently closed for conservation and restoration work. The hot vacuum table for conserving paintings on canvas. This Conservation of tombstones in Warsaw museum presents the homes and lives of working families in equipment has facilitated the examination and conservation A three year research and conservation project is ongoing to Helsinki from 1909 to 1985. The house, a single-storey of objects and raised the whole conservation process to a restore two tombstones in St Jack’s Church in Warsaw. Both wooden building, was one of the first to be built by the City higher level. As the donated investigative equipment is objects are among the most precious monuments in the for workers and it was very advanced for its time: each family unique in the cultural institutions of Lithuania, it is also Polish capital, being some of the very few that survived the had a separate room and there were 12 rooms in total. The employed for the examination of objects in other museums, general destruction of the Second World War. The tombstone conservation work consists mainly of cleaning painted archives and libraries, and for education purposes as well. of Katarzyna Ossolińska, made partly from polychrome surfaces and wallpapers, as well as fixing detached paint Cooperation between NML and Japan is ongoing: in 2008, limestone, dates from the beginning of the 18th century, layers. under a Follow-up Project, the Japanese Government made while the tombstone of Jan Skorobochaty, modelled in plaster Tiina Sonninen an additional grant to procure a suction converter frame for and also decorated, was created in 1683. the hot vacuum table. This will improve the quality of The project includes historical and technological research Conservation of Contemporary Art conference conservation for paintings on canvas considerably. (partly completed during the last year) as well as This year, as for the past eight, an ever-increasing number of The increasing work of the Conservation Center has made conservation and consideration of aesthetic issues. This year conservators, restorers, scientists, students and professors our lack of space obvious. We hope to move to new premises the conservation treatment is focused on structural involved in the investigation and conservation of in the near future, which should be equipped in an contemporary art met at a conference organised jointly by appropriate way to meet the more up-to-date conservation The tombstones of Katarzyna Ossoli´nska and Jan Skorobohaty in St Jack’s Church in Warsaw. the Conservation-Restoration Department of Madrid’s requirements. Regina Ulozaite Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (MNCARS) and Paper conservators Jurgita Gleiznyte and Algis Blazys at work in the the Contemporary Art Group of the IIC Spanish Group. The Conservation Center. 9th Jornada de Conservación de Arte Contemporáneo, held in February 2008 at MNCARS, attracted more than 300 participants from all over Spain and neighbouring countries. The topics presented covered everything from the conservation of open-air artworks to investigations into the deterioration of plastic-based installations, as well as the problems that have to be faced in the conservation of new media, photographs, bio-art, and more traditional painting and wall-painting. Speakers included experts from museums, universities and conservation centres, as well as free-lance conservators. The most interesting presentations will be made available in a dedicated high-quality, low-cost publication, edited by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Karol Klata Massimo Lazzari Regina Ulozaite

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Stefan Belishki reveals the ups

and downs of a project to • Sofia conserve medieval wallpaintings in a Bulgarian church. The conservation of wall paintings in the Boyana Church in Sofia Vladimir Tsvetkov A general view of the cupola and arches in the east building.

A long-awaited moment is about to happen: the enlarged in the mid 13th century by the local ruler, who monuments of medieval art in . completion of the conservation of the Boyana Church in ordered a second two storey building to be erected next to it. The core of the project is the conservation of the church’s Sofia. The church – both the old part and the new construction – medieval wall paintings, painted between 10th/11th and 13th Located on the outskirts of Sofia, this small church consists was redecorated soon afterwards in 1259. The ensemble was centuries. During their research, the conservators (led at that of three buildings. The eastern part was built in the 10th completed by a third addition, built in the 19th century. This time by Lozinka Koynova) made a thorough study of the century and soon decorated with wall paintings. It was site is one of the most complete and well preserved stratigraphy of the wall paintings, and found that there were

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News in Conservation No. 7, August 2008 Vladimir Tsvetkov Vladimir Tsvetkov Vladimir Tsvetkov Fragment of an Annunciation from the south niche, 12th century. Archangel Gabriel in the north niche, dating from 1259. Three Old Testament kings on the east wall, dating from 1259.

at least two repairs over the first paint layer, probably made in predominates in today’s look of the interior, so it was decided that two conservators, Professor Grigori Grigorov and the 12th century. Best preserved, and dominating today’s that overpainting fragments from later periods should be Vladimir Tsvekov, were nominated to complete the work. The decoration of the church interior, are the wall paintings of removed. These were then conserved and presented in a structural stabilization was almost completed, but some 1259. These are also considered to have the most significant specially constructed museum building close to the church. A additional operations were needed. The conservators also value. In the centuries following their creation some repairs big discussion was conducted in the decades after the continued with cleaning, as more than 20% of the wall were made, most of them between the 16th and 18th conservation project began, about whether the paintings painting surface was still covered with a thick layer of soot. centuries. Finally, in the 19th century, the newly built wing of from the 10th and 12th centuries should be exposed Many of the gap-fills from previous treatments were the church was also decorated. Because of the high quality extensively. It was proposed to detach part of the 13th- substituted with new ones and serious changes were made in and outstanding value of the wall paintings, the church was century wall paintings and to uncover the older ones. Today, the integration of losses, with much less reconstruction and declared a World Monument Site in 1979. however, there are only a few fragments visible from the retouching. The trend now was towards presentation of all decoration of 10th/11th -12th centuries, uncovered in the visible paint layers without controversy, aiming at the same process of structural stabilization. The predominating time to make this “palimpsest” understandable to the public. This site is one of the most opinion* today is that most of them should remain hidden, to A fragment from 1259, lifted in 1912 and kept in storage respect the completeness of the 13th-century paintings and ever since, was returned to its original position. The building complete and well preserved their integrity with the church architecture. was re-equipped with modern air-conditioning system, The actual conservation of the wall paintings, preserved in which has been designed to work in accordance with the monuments of the medieval art in situ, started in 1987. Several immediate priorities were conservators’ recommendations. formulated by the team leader of the time: to reduce and stop An interesting and almost sensational element of this final Bulgaria the salt efflorescence; to clean the painted surface of the stage of the conservation was the discovery of preparatory crystallized salts; and to remove all altering and destructive sketches and inscriptions (reminiscent of the Italian sinopia) additions from previous treatment, such as cement fillings, oil on the arriccio (or plaster base layer) on the west façade of The history of the conservation of the wall paintings is paints used for integration of losses, wax-resin impregnations the 13th-century building. Some art historians began quite a bit longer and can be traced back to 1912, when the used for consolidation, etc. One can imagine the alteration speculation about whether these drawings are self-portraits first attempt to preserve the significance of the interior effect of the latter on wall paintings executed in egg tempera: of the 13th century artists who decorated the church. The decoration was made. Several sporadic treatments followed their entire appearance was changed drastically. discussion has, of course, been reflected widely in the press, in the next couple of decades, some of them with dramatic The wax was extracted with solvent mixtures. This was but no real evidence proving this theory has been found so effect on the structure of the wall paintings, such as the hard work but it was rewarded with a good final result, the far. application of cement injections for structural stabilization, return of a more “normal” appearance to the tempera paint. After many reversals of circumstance, and more than three and impregnation of the lower part of the paintings with a The next challenge was to remove the salts, crystallized on decades of conservation, Boyana church is again open to the wax-resin mixture to make them more stable. A more the wall surface as a white veil, and hiding the paintings. This public. The final element in the project will be the new systematic and motivated conservation project started in the process continued with mixed success for several years, lighting system, which is planned for installation in the late 1960s. It began with evaluation of the destruction almost to 1997. The team continued at the same time to clean coming months. phenomena, especially those of the capillary moisture and the surface of the paintings from soot and other deposits. All photographs in this article show wall paintings from salt efflorescence. Several ambitious engineering works were the oldest (east) building of Boyana church. carried out to stop the rising damp and to secure the roof *the author shares this opinion but it is impossible to discuss construction, with results that are regarded as successful. The discovery of preparatory this subject in such a short text An important conservation decision was taken at the start of this conservation programme: which layers of this sketches and inscriptions began Author Biography palimpsest to preserve in situ. The paint layer of 1259 Stefan Belishki gained his speculation about whether these Masters Degree in 1992 in the Department of Detail of the cupola in the east part of the church, dating from 1259. drawings are selfportraits of the Conservation of the National Academy of Arts. 13thcentury artists who decorated Since 1994 he has been teaching at the same the church... department, on wall paintings and paintings conservation. He has The whole, long history of the conservation project was not been enrolled in several without problems. These started with changes in the team workshops and courses in personnel in the mid 1970s, and then continued with a lack Europe and USA. He is a of normal funding in the 1990s, following economic crises. member of ICOMOS (vice- Then, in 1997, a special commission from the Ministry of chairman of Bulgarian Culture, devoted to examining and approving every stage of National Committee) and the conservation in Boyana church, stopped the work and ICOM. removed the leader of the project. The official reason given was an insufficiently systematic approach and the use of Assoc. Prof. Stefan Belishki inappropriate treatment techniques. National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria It took eight long years for the authorized institutions to [email protected]

Vladimir Tsvetkov re-start the conservation project. It wasn’t until two years ago

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News in Conservation No. 7, August 2008 Conservation in Westminster Abbey

Lauren Fly describes the conservation of Westminster Abbey’s Sedilia and Cosmati

Pavement, two of England’s most Westminister • notable medieval objects.

In recent months, the High of north side two kings with two other figures Westminster Abbey in London has been destroyed during the English Interregnum the focus of a significant programme of (1649–1660). Previously responsible for the conservation work. The church, inscribed conservation of the Westminster Retable

as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987, (dated 1260–1270 and England’s oldest Marie Louise Sauerberg Abbey) (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster has long been recognized for its altarpiece, now on display in the Abbey The High Altar Sedilia. architectural and cultural importance, but Museum), Cambridge University’s Hamilton it is only within the last decade that a more Kerr Institute (HKI) was chosen to survey finish in the early summer of 2008. demands of each individual project. The consistent conservation programme for and treat the Sedilia. Dedicated With work on the Sedilia well under way, treatment of the Sedilia was achieved with the interior monuments has been drawn environmental and crack monitors were treatment of the Abbey’s Great Pavement help from the World Monuments Fund, up. The appointment of Vanessa Simeoni, installed on and around the object in 2003, began in April 2008. The techniques used to while the conservation of the Great now Head of Conservation, as the Abbey’s and data collected proved that the panel construct the pavement were popular in Italy Pavement was financed by the Getty first full-time objects conservator eight support was not moving and that any in the 12th and 13th centuries. Originally Foundation, J Paul Getty Junior Charitable years ago began the ambitious schedule of environmental concerns had been developed by the Cosmati family, these Trust and the Pilgrim Trust, although the projects currently concentrated on some of successfully addressed by the building works. intricate floors are often known as Cosmati Abbey continues to seek further support for England’s most notable medieval objects. or pavements. The method of the undertaking. The Abbey is open as usual Although the Abbey is open to the public construction consists of inlaying small pieces to visitors during the work, which will be and runs an impressive calendar of tours The Sedilia’s panel of coloured marbles, semiprecious stones, visible to the public; and at 11.30 am on the and educational visits, it is not a museum glass and metal into a larger, more plainly last Thursday of every month from June to and as such, had no plan in place for support and history of coloured marble background to create September (26 June, 31 July, 28 August, and preventive conservation or long-term elaborately twisting designs and a rich, 25 September), Vanessa Simeoni will give a monitoring of the built environment. iconoclastic vandalism sparkling surface. Produced by Pietro thirty minute talk on ‘The Cosmati pavement During her development of such a plan D’Oderisio in 1268 using materials brought at Westminster Abbey: its significance and and further training of Abbey staff in had left it more vulnerable from , the Abbey’s Cosmatesque restoration’. caring for the interior and its collection, it pavement is the finest example of the style The author would like to thank the Dean became readily apparent to Simeoni that to deterioration than the north of the Alps. Its luxurious finish and and Chapter of Westminster Abbey for their several of the most important objects were exotic appearance immediately set it far kind permission to reproduce these in urgent need of treatment. After major surrounding stone objects above the more simple English fashions of photographs. work to stabilize the building’s exterior, the time. In addition to the Great Pavement, and the installation of monitors to provide commissioned by the English king Henry III a better understanding of collection’s Following completion of the Institute’s when the Abbey was rebuilt in the mid 13th environment, conservation work could work on the Retable, and on the Royal testers century, Cosmati work was used to decorate begin on those objects prioritized for surrounding the High Altar at Canterbury the floor of the Shrine of Edward the treatment: the High Altar Sedilia and Cathedral, treatment began on the Sedilia in Confessor, located just behind the High Great Pavement. 2007. The team, led by Marie Louise Altar. Unfortunately, centuries of wear have The Sedilia became the primary focus of Sauerberg, began with a thorough left the paving in a fragile condition, and it early treatments, as its panel support and documentation of the structure and has been covered by carpets (recently a set of history of iconoclastic vandalism had left it condition of the Sedilia, with a particular new bespoke carpets protects the pavement) more vulnerable to deterioration than the interest in the techniques and materials used since the late 19th century. The focus of the stone objects surrounding it. The stone in its construction. The principal focus of the treatment on the Great Pavement, estimated bench of the Sedilia, used by officiating treatment itself is stabilization, consisting to span two years, is: to stabilize the original priests during services, is enclosed by richly mainly of consolidating the flaking and paving materials; to remove the layers of old painted and gilded panels surmounted by a delaminating paint as well as surface polish and wax currently obscuring the canopy with carved tracery arches that cleaning. Because sections of the original surface of the ; and to repair very feature trefoil windows and decorative heads. paint have been entirely lost in specific damaged areas. The ultimate goal of the Painted in the early 14th century, the panels sections of the composition, and the history project is to return the Pavement to a state in originally depicted eight figures, four on of those losses is as important to the story of which it can safely be exhibited full-time. either side. Those that remain depict St John the Abbey as the original object itself, large-

the Evangelist as the Pilgrim receiving a ring scale reconstruction and a highly detailed Marie Louise Sauerberg Abbey) (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster from St Edward the Confessor and the programme of retouching will not be Produced by Pietro Details from the Sedilia. Annunciation on the south side, and on the undertaken. On-site work is scheduled to D’Oderisio in 1268, the The Abbey's Great Pavement, created by Pietro D'Oderisio in 1268. Abbey’s Cosmatesque pavement is the finest example of the style north of the Alps

The Abbey, whose official title is The Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, has a remarkable position as a Royal Peculiar: rather than falling under the jurisdiction of a diocese (or bishopric), it is administered directly by the British monarch. As such, it has no dedicated budget Marie Louise Sauerberg Abbey) (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster Marie Louise Sauerberg Abbey) (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster for conservation and fundraises to meet the

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Booking for IIC’s 22nd International Congress, in London, Round table event on climate change and 14th–19th September 2008, is gathering pace. The event will museum collections be a varied, informative and valuable conference, and an On the Wednesday evening of the Congress week, part of a exciting programme of papers has been generated by the new IIC initiative, Dialogues for the New Century: round table breadth and variety of topics that the Congress’s discussions on the conservation of cultural heritage in a contemporary title, Conservation and Access, has stimulated. changing world will take place; this will be held on There is still time to book online for the Congress itself, the 17 September 2008, from 6.15 pm – 7.30 pm at the Sainsbury conference dinner on a Thames Riverboat and the full Wing Theatre of the , Trafalgar Square, excursions, and also to express an interest for the half-day London. It is the chance for you join a discussion on the visits. Full details including paper summaries, full implications of climate change and its effects upon cultural The Congress organising committee hard at work programme and a registration form are to be found on the heritage, particularly historic house and museum collections. IIC website: www.iiconservation.org/congress. For more details, please see the back page. GmbH, Willard Conservation Ltd As with all IIC Congresses, one of the attractions of the The programme has limited seating and is on a first come, event will be entertaining and interesting evening events, first served basis. For more information, please contact the Halfday visits which will allow those at the Congress to meet fellow IIC office. A number of half-day visits will take place on the Friday of conservation professionals socially. There will also be a lively the Congress, including: Trade Fair for those attending to browse and discuss matters Congress Programme & Poster List 1. The Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington with the leading suppliers in the field. We very much look The programme of papers and speakers is listed below. This is 2. The London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre forward to seeing you there! also available on the IIC London Congress microsite (LAARC), (www.iiconservation.org/congress). Please note that this 3. Natural History Museum London UK Culture Minister to attend opening of timetable is subject to final confirmation. 4. Britain Congress 5. Centre for Conservation The Rt Hon. Margaret Hodge MBE, MP, Minister for Culture, Trade Fair 6. Westminster Abbey Creative Industries and Tourism, is to speak at the opening of There will be a trade fair for conservation suppliers and 7. House (The ) the IIC Congress, in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference service providers during the Congress; the exhibitors will 8. Ham House (The National Trust) Centre on Monday 15 September. Her presence will indicate include (list still subject to final confirmation): 9. Number 2 Willow Road and (The National the importance which the UK government attaches to the AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme, Archetype Trust) role of conservation in ensuring and widening access to the Publications Ltd, Canadian Conservation Institute, More information about these visits can be found on the world’s cultural heritage. The opening ceremony will be Conservation By Design, Contamination Control Apparel Congress website. Delegates will have the opportunity to sign followed by the Forbes Prize Lecture, delivered by David Ltd, FIDES International Co., Hayashibara Biochemical up for one or two of these visits during registration, but it Bomford, formerly Senior Restorer of Paintings at the Laboratories, Inc., Hiromi Paper International, Icon - The would be helpful if they could send advance expressions of National Gallery, and now Associate Director for Collections Institute of Conservation, Keyence (UK) Ltd, RH interest to Tim Price, at the National Trust: at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Conservation Engineering, Schempp® Bestandserhaltung [email protected].

Cathy Collins and Roy Marchant Final list of poster presentations Keeping our heads above water Elizabeth Neville Mixed-media bound books Sarah Bashir, Saya Honda, Neil MacLeod and Fumi Matsushima Carmen Marian, Madalin Valeanu and Zizi Baltă Archiving and preserving the work of John Latham Access to an archeological textile through conservation: from Karen te Brake-Baldock and Tatja Scholte discovery to display INCCA: a virtual platform providing access to shared knowledge on Kate Kidd contemporary artworks Providing access to the ideas that shaped the world: conservation of Enara Artetxe, Marta Barandiaran, M. Itxaso Maguregui, Beatriz the John Murray archive San Salvador, Maria Pilar Legorburu, Fernando Bazeta, Carlos Yvonne Szafran and Anne Woollett Cranach magnified: a comparative image tool Kamani Perera and Dinesh Chandra Venegas, Francisco Cobo, Victor Claver and Jose Cortés Digital preservation for long-term access in developing countries Conservation of hand-coloured photographs: working between Daphne Bika painting and photography conservation The preservation of cultural property in Greece: can a collection Rebecca Chisholm, Eleanor Bradshaw, Emily Brennan, Sophie condition survey influence policy? Harman, Christine Kelly, Peter McElhinney and Yi Wu Beate Kozub and Nel Jastrzebiowska Talking heads: revealing meanings in the Saffron Walden Museum The new conservation studio in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Monika Bogdanowska and Martin Taylor archive, UK Museum, Poland Enhancing cultural access through the provision of an interdisciplinary multi-lingual dictionary Ana Calvo and Maria Aguiar María Verónica Silva, José Balmes and Francisco González Art and religion: a challenging relationship for the conservator Conservation of a folded and distorted work on paper Helen Lloyd Conservation for access: a toolkit to promote sustainability Fran Coles Catherine Nunn Ethical access to human remains held at the Science Museum The treatment of an unlined eighteenth-century British painting in Helen Ganiaris and Dean Sully Australia Presenting conservation: collaboration between museums and Honório Nicholls Pereira students The city as an artwork: requalification of the historic centre of Eun-Jin Kim Cachoeira, Brazil An alternative backing method for Keifer’s Melancholia Elena Shishkova Historical overview of the conservation of graphic art in Russia Carla Bartolomucci and Caterina Giannattasio Abraham Reina de la Torre and Rosario Llamas Pacheco Conservation projects: establishing accessibility and use Conservation of an artwork on High Density Fibreboard Yashiho Kikkawa and Chie Sano Preservation of historic paper in Japan Alaina Schmisseur Ingrid Grytdal Matheson Protecting heritage for the future: conservation and reburial at Fragile art in high school hallways: The Wennesland Beat Art Kaori Fukunaga, Iwao Hosako, Yuichi Ogawa, Shin’ichiro Hayashi Çatalhöyük, Collection and Miho Bokuda Ian Geraghty Terahertz Spectroscopy: a new non-invasive technique for art material Marzenna Ciechańska analysis The conservation of wallpaper in the Chinese Room in Wilanow Frames, plinths and vitrines in contemporary art Palace, Poland Victoria Marsland, Fiona Macalister and Rhian Tritton Maria Geba, Adriana Ioniuc, Doina Manea, Marta Ursescu, Making filming safe Lucretia Miu Nicoleta Vornicu and Cristina Bibire Mohammad Reza Nilforoushan and Abbas Abed Condition assessment of artefacts made from protein Deterioration of building stone treated with Portland Cement in Stuart McDonald Persepolis, Iran Aircraft as visitor attractions at the National Museum of Flight, Özge Gençay Üstün and Charlotte Eng Limitations of handheld XRF as a quantitative tool for measuring Mariarosa Lanfranchi, Massino Chimenti, Alberto Felici, Laura heavy metal pesticide residues in art objects Giovannini, Paolo Lauri and Raimondo Vacca Harriet Woolmore Conservation of the Gaddi frescos in the of Santa Croce, Kelvingrove, Scotland, New Century Project: lighting strategy for safe Elżbieta Modzelewska and Agnieszka Leśkiewicz-Laudy Florence access Visualization of historic objects using the latest micro- and macro- scale technologies Eddy S. T. Leung, Evita S. Yeung and Shing-wai Chan Sharon Penton Finding the missing: wall tiles transfer for Kom Tong Hall The Ducretet inductor coil: conserving change Dorina Rusu, Marian Totolin and Ghiocel Ioanid Conservation of fragile organic supports with a plasma treatment Congress pages IIC No 7qx Revised:00000 5/8/08 12:21 Page 3

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Sunday 14 September Wednesday 17 September 16:00 Registration opens: Museum of London Session 4 Chaired by Jerry Podany 18:30 Welcome reception: Museum of London 09:00 Panagiota Manti and Jane Henderson Improving access to collections for sampling Monday 15 September 09:20 Paul Gardener, Aviva Burnstock The influence of access to the artist on the conservation 09:00 Registration continues and Ana Vasconcelos of Allen Jones’ works from the 1960s 09:40 Spike Bucklow Stories from a building site 10:00 Coffee 10:00 Helen Shenton Public engagement with conservation at the British 11:00 Opening Ceremony: attended by Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE, MP, Minister for Culture Library 11:45 Forbes Prize Lecture: David Bomford 10:20 Discussion 12:30 Lunch 10:30 Break Session 1 Chaired by Jonathan Ashley-Smith 11:00 Posters 14:00 Renata Peters and Devorah Romanek Approaches to access: factors and variables 11:20 Meeting of IIC Regional Groups representatives 14:20 Joel Taylor and May Cassar Representation and intervention: 12:30 Lunch The symbiotic relationship of conservation and value 13:00 AATA presentation 14:40 Will Shank and Debra Hess Norris Giving contemporary murals a longer life: the challenges for muralists and conservators Session 5 Chaired by Agnes Brokerhof 15:00 Rosa Lowinger and Andrea Morse The conservation and relocation of a 14:00 Jonathan C.Y. Tse, Evita S.Yeung, The fireboat Alexander Grantham: an accessible artifact monumental petrachrome mural: and Shing-wai Chan Helen Lundeberg’s The History of Transportation 14:20 Evangelia Kyriazi and Nickolas Zouros Conserving the Lesvos Petrified Forest 15:20 Discussion 14:40 Siobhan Watts, Dave Abbott, Science revealed: the hidden story of objects 15:30 Break David Crombie, Angus Gunn and Annemarie LaPensée 16:00 Roberto Nardi Conservation for presentation: a key for protecting monuments 15:00 Libby Sheldon Access to technical analysis: visualising the invisible 15:20 Discussion 16:20 Stephanie Fundel, Rainer Drewello, How do fragmentary images affect us? 15:30 Break Sven Hoyer and Barbara Kügel 16:00 Alison Lister and Jo Banks Unlimited access: safeguarding historic 16:40 Isabelle Brajer Values and opinions of the general public on wall textiles on open display in public buildings in the UK paintings and their restoration: a preliminary study 16:20 Elizabeth Pye The benefits of access through handling outweigh the 17:00 Discussion risks 17:30 Session ends 16:40 Irit Narkiss and Helena Tomlin Close encounters: enabling access to museum collections 18:45 Reception: The and Hadrian exhibition 17:00 Discussion 17:30 Session ends Tuesday 16 September 18:15 Climate Change and Museum Collections: IIC round table event, National Gallery, Trafalgar Session 2 Chaired by Paul Marcon Square 09:00 Catherine Magee Creating pre-bracketed exhibits Thursday 18 September and Greta Hansen 09:20 Stephen P. Koob, Scott Fulton ‘Botanical wonders’: the conservation Session 6 Chaired by Aviva Burnstock and Susan Rossi-Wilcox and exhibition of the Harvard glass flowers 09:00 Bonnie Clark A preservation decision tree for enabling current and 09:40 Tiarna Doherty, Bruce Metro The transport and display of icons long-term access at Library and Archives Canada and Rita Gomez from Saint Catherine’s Monastery 09:20 Juergen Vervoorst New conservation opportunities in a world of digitization 10:00 Jessica S. Johnson Access for native people and the public: exhibits at the and access Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian 09:40 Katy Lithgow, Sarah Staniforth Prioritising access in the conservation of 10:20 Discussion and Paul Etheridge National Trust collections 10:00 Amber Xavier-Rowe, Power to prioritize: applying risk and 10:30 Break Claire Fry and Bethan Stanley condition information 11:00 Nobuyuki Kamba, Hiroshi Wada, Measurement and analysis of the global transport 10:20 Discussion Masahiko Tsukada, YoshihiroTakagi environment for packing cases for artifacts and Ken Imakita 10:30 Break 11:20 Michal Lukomski, Lukasz Lasyk, Vibration as a hazard during the transportation of 11:00 Diane Gwilt The collection care and access project: balancing Lukasz Bratasz and Roman Kozlowski canvas paintings demands on collections 11:40 Maria Papadimitriou Risk assessment during art loan and transportation 11:20 Susan Breen, Helen Brett Conservation and access: exploring developments in and Elpida Vamvakari at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens and Rebecca Hellen the loan of paintings from Tate’s collection. 12:00 Discussion 11:40 Eva Salomonsen An evaluation and preservation project at the National Museum of Denmark: management and presentation 12:30 Lunch 12:00 Discussion Meeting for students 12:30 Lunch Session 3 Chaired by David Saunders Session 7 Chaired by Hans-Christoph von Imhoff 14:00 Joyce H Townsend, Jacob Thomas, The benefits and risks of anoxic display for colorants Stephen Hackney and 14:00 Sandra Smith Access at any cost? Strategies to maintain conservation Andrew Lerwill standards and expertise in the V&A 14:20 Agnes W. Brokerhof, Margrit Reuss, Optimum access at minimum risk: the dilemma of 14:20 Andrew Thorn Access denied: restricted access to indigenous cultural Fiona MacKinnon, Frank Ligterink, displaying Japanese woodblock prints sites Han Neevel, Farideh Fekrsanati 14:40 Chris Caple Preservation in situ: the future for archaeological and Graeme Scott conservators? 14:40 Naoko Sonoda and Shingo Hidaka Between conservation and access: 15:00 Discussion implementation of integrated pest management at the 15:15 Break National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan 15:45 Julian Bickersteth, Fiona Tennant Conserving and interpreting the historic huts of 15:00 Valerie Blyth and Clair Battisson Dangerous liaisons and Sarah Clayton Antarctica 15:20 Discussion 16:05 Mary Greenacre Tyntesfield: conservation and the volunteer 15:30 Break 16:25 Discussion 16:00 David Thickett Presentation in original contexts via microclimates 16:30 Keck Award, Hon Fellowship, 2010 Venue 16:20 Nigel Blades, May Cassar Optimising drying strategies to reduce down times for 17:30 Session ends and Phillip Biddulph. actively-used flood damaged historic buildings 18:30 Conference dinner on Thames riverboat 16:40 David Watkinson and SS Great Britain: conservation and access – Matthew Tanner synergy and cost Friday 19 September 17:00 Discussion Whole-day excursions and half-day trips 17:30 Session ends Farewell Reception: Victoria & Albert Museum 01010 IIC No 7qx:00000 5/8/08 12:26 Page 7

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Applications are invited from Individual of Cultural Property (see front page news IIC News IIC London Congress 2008 Members and Fellows of IIC who are story). So far, we have read six drafts and will conservators practising in either the public be eagerly involved with commenting on Sylvia Zhan joins the IIC office The London Congress is fast or private sector. forthcoming ones. It is very important for team approaching! The scholarships will be awarded to the field to have consistency in, for example, Sylvia (Xuhua) Zhan joined IIC in June applicants proposing study tours which, in definitions and methods of analysis. Please see this issue’s 2008 and over the next few months will be the opinion of the selection committee, will The Association has two Annual Meetings special Congress pages helping the office with membership and most benefit their own careers and the every year. A day long meeting usually starts (inside back cover) the 2008 London Congress matters. worldwide body of knowledge of the with a seminar or visits to different types of for a full programme of papers Sylvia graduated from London’s conservation of sculpture. These scholarships interesting sites and concludes with a and speakers, a list of Camberwell College of Arts in London with are limited to the conservation of sculpture General Assembly (GA). Recent years have poster presentations, an MA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Paper in all its aspects and are not restricted to any seen some delightfully lively discussions on and updates on other Conservation, and had previously earned a particular period or culture. However, some important issues. Congress news. BA(Hons) degree in Oil Painting and Design benefit to modern and contemporary The 2007 Annual Fall Meeting was held in from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in sculpture (post 1880) must be apparent in Lahti, at The Ski Museum. We heard China. the application. presentations on the new (in Finland) Sylvia writes: “Since 2004 I have been journal for surveys of the latest thinking The maximum sum awarded will be up to acquisition law. A working group presented a involved in a number of projects, jobs and in conservation and research, published £5000 or 10,000 US dollars or 7,500 Euros. form and guidelines as a helping tool for internships that have given me a wide range annually For full details, including an application institutes or persons who need to invite of valuable work experience. In London I • News in Conservation – which you are form, please go to the IIC website. The tenders for conservation contracts. In the have worked with the Institute of reading now, and we hope you will agree closing date for applications is 30 November afternoon the meeting visited the Lahti City Conservation and its Conservation Register, is a lively, full-colour newspaper which 2008 and awards will be made by the end of Conservation laboratories, and the Military the British Postal Museum & Archive presents the latest information and news January 2009. Medical Museum and the Military Music (BPMA), the London Metropolitan Archive, about conservation worldwide, as well as Museum in Hennala. The Fall GA was held the Victoria and Albert Museum and in about IIC New IIC website launched! at the Military Music Museum’s concert hall. China, the Guangzhou Museum of Art. I • The IIC Congresses, the leading The new IIC website was launched at the The GA resolved, according to the board’s have been involved with paper conservation international conservation discussion beginning of July. The new site contains even motion to grant a 50% discount of the including Chinese painting and Western events, which offers a reduced attendance more information, news, events and jobs, as members’ fee for retired conservators. works of art on paper, preventive fee for IIC members well as benefits for members, such as access John Nurminen Prima Fine Art Logistics conservation and collection management. • IIC Members also benefit from reduced to articles in IIC’s publications database and and Conservation Services Company Working with the Conservation Register and prices for past IIC publications an online directory of other IIC members. generously hosted Association’s 2008 Spring the enquiries it receives from the general Visit the site today to stay in touch with the Annual Meeting as well as the GA. We had public also meant that I could help improve In addition, over the last twelve months we latest conservation news and information guided tours through the company’s public awareness and help the promotion of have added: about IIC! workshops and the private museum of John high standards in conservation. • free online downloads of back issues of Nurminen Foundation. The seminar session “My strong interest in conservation has led Studies in Conservation, from number 1 was devoted to presentations of our me to carry out extensive and intensive of Volume 1, available only to members international activities, including links with research into ancient Chinese art, as well as on the IIC website IIC, E.C.C.O., The Nordic Association of on Asian inks, this in particular to investigate • the relaunch of the already useful and Conservators and its journal Meddelelser om the ink corrosion on Sanskrit fragments informative IIC website, with more up- konservering. from the Dunhuang collection of artifacts in to-the-moment information, important The 2008 Fall Annual Meeting will include China. As a result of my work in this area I and relevant news, job opportunities, a guided visit to the brand new Maritime was invited to present my research at the international events and an interactive, Centre Vellamo (opened 11 July 2008), 7th International Dunhuang Project (IDP) stimulating ‘newsblog’ which includes the Maritime Museum of Conservation Conference, and this was Finland and the Museum of Kymenlaakso. published in IDP News No. 30 …plus some new IIC initiatives: (http://idp.bl.uk/archives/news_current/ • the Travelling Scholarship, which has IIC French Section/Section news_current.a4d). been made possible through the Française “I have very much enjoyed my time in generosity of the Gabo Trust for Sculpture 13th IIC French Group (SFIIC) conference London and look forward to meeting many Conservation (see below) , INP, 24–26 June 2009 more IIC members at the Congress in • the IIC / Society for Imaging Science & The next SFIIC conference will be held in London.” Technology Image Permanence Award, in Paris, at the Institut national du patrimoine association with Hewlett Packard (INP). The title of the conference isArt • the IIC / Earthquake Engineering IIC Regional d’aujourd’hui, patrimoine de demain. There Research Institute Student Award in will be a chance to view posters during the Seismic Mitigation of Cultural Heritage coffee breaks, as well as the trade fair which • the new series of IIC Round Tables (see Groups will be held during the conference. On overleaf and back page for further details) Thursday 25 June, there will be a round table IIC Nordic Group/Nordiska debate in the evening, to discuss various We think that this is an exciting time to be a Konservatorförbund (NKF): topics relating to the conservation of member of IIC, and welcome your Finnish Section contemporary art. subscription for 2008–2009. The Nordic Association of Conservators The deadline for proposals and abstracts Subscription rates are: Students £19, Finnish Section (NKF-FI) has 275 members. has been extended to 30 September 2008. Individuals £47, Fellows £68 and Institutions As the means of communication NKF-FI For more information, please see the SFIIC £160. publishes a bulletin Konservaattoriliiton lehti website (www.sfiic.fr), where there is also a The easiest – and cheapest – way to pay four times a year. The Association’s web site preliminary programme for the conference. your subscription is by paying online via the www.konservaattoriliitto.fi is also an IIC website (www.iiconservation.org). important platform for spreading IIC Spanish Group/Grupo Español Simply go to the IIC website, where you will information. In the site’s Discussion Forum, As reported in the last issue of News in find the membership form within the members can exchange information and Conservation, IIC Spanish Group (GEIIC), Membership section. You can of course also opinions on professional issues. E.C.C.O.’s in association with Fundación Duques de renew by the traditional routes of post or fax, recommendation (through the Bologna Soria (FDS), will be co-publishing the book sending your payment with the form to the Declaration) that a Master’s degree is needed Guía de Buenas Prácticas sobre Tratamiento IIC Membership: IIC office. for full membership was last year’s favorite de los Bienes Culturales en Exposiciones Renewal reminder If you are using the IIC renewal form, topic for debate! The web site is presently in Temporales, Propuesta de Sistematización de With the last issue of News in Conservation remember that we accept MasterCard and Finnish only but in the near future the main Procedimientos de Gestión y Conservación we sent you a renewal form (unless you had Visa (but cannot accept Visa Electron). We parts of it will also be available in English (Guide to best practice in the treatment of already paid your subscription for 2008– can also accept personal cheques and bank and Swedish. objects in temporary exhibitions: a proposal 2009, if you pay your subscription by drafts drawn on a UK bank. If you have a In July 2008, the Association launched a for the systematisation of management and standing order (UK members only), or if problem with paying by any of these membership survey to update its data on the conservation procedures), aimed at your subscription is paid by someone else). methods, or if you want to pay in US Dollars, education, employment status, salary, etc. of conservators in Spain and Latin America. If you have not already renewed, or if you please contact the IIC office. members. The analysis of the answers will be The publication aims to contribute towards are reading this and you are not an IIC presented at the Annual Fall Meeting on preventing the risks presented to objects member, what do you actually get each year The Gabo Trust – IIC Travelling 10 October 2008. The survey was carried out during temporary exhibitions. It also hopes as a member of IIC? Scholarship in co-operation with the Union of Academic to redress the lack of authoritative • Studies in Conservation, the pre-eminent The Gabo Trust and IIC are pleased to Museum Employees in Finland. information and guidelines about this journal in our field, published quarterly announce the first call for applications for NKF-FI has been asked to give comments subject in the Spanish language. • Reviews in Conservation: the leading the 2009 Travelling Scholarships. on the drafts of CEN/TC 346: Conservation

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News in Conservation No. 7, August 2008 Calls for Papers Meetings and 14th International symposium Moulds and dust in libraries, Standards in the science of Preserving photographs in a Conferences on biodeterioration and archives and museums: conservation and restoration of digital world AIC Annual Meeting: biodegradation conservation, health and legal historic monuments 16–21 August 2008 implications Conservation 2.0 – new XIII International Symposium 6–11 October 2008 23–25 April 2009 Rochester NY, USA directions on Luminescence Spectroscopy Messina, Italy 3 November 2008 Berlin, Germany 19–22 May 2009 London, UK Practical leather conservation 7–11 September 2008 Dyes in history and Going green: towards course Los Angeles CA, USA Bologna, Italy Submit abstracts by: 20 August archaeology Costume colloquium: a tribute sustainability in conservation 10–12 September 2008 to Janet Arnold Northampton, UK 2008 11th International Conference 8–11 October 2008 24 April 2009 , Turkey 6–9 November 2008 London, UK on Accelerator Mass Permanent Yellow, Irgazine Standards in the science of Spectrometry Florence, Italy conservation and restoration of Frames past, present and future AIC Annual Meeting: Red, Heliogen Blue and co. 7–11 September 2008 historic monuments 8 October 2008 8th European conference on Conservation 2.0 – new 12 September 2008 Rome, Italy 23–25 April 2009 Melbourne, Australia research for protection, directions Munich, Germany conservation and enhancement 19–22 May 2009 Berlin, Germany Society of Glass Technology Looking both ways: connecting of cultural heritage Canvas for the 21st century Submit abstracts by: 30 August annual conference Los Angeles CA, USA the future to the past 10–12 November 2008 London, UK 2008 10–12 September 2008 9–10 October 2008 Ljubljana, Slovenia Incredible Industry: preserving 12 September 2008 Cambridge, UK Incredible Industry: preserving Melbourne, Australia the evidence of industrial Historic buildings, parks and society Illuminated manuscripts past, the evidence of industrial Conservation of wet organic Conservation: an act of gardens present and future: society archaeological materials 24–27 May 2009 discovery (10th Conference of 11 November 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark conservation and restoration 24–27 May 2009 11–13 September 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark the International Committee London, UK 24–27 September 2008 Brandenburg an der Havel, for the Conservation of Forum for the Conservation Valencia, Spain Submit abstracts by: Germany 1 September 2008 ) Conservation and restoration and Restoration of Stained- 20–26 October 2008 of vernacular furniture Glass Windows Introduction to laser cleaning IIC 2008 Congress: Palermo, Italy in conservation Art d’aujourd’hui, patrimoine conservation and access 14–15 November 2008 1–3 June 2009 de demain Amsterdam, Netherlands New York NY, USA 29–30 September 2008 15–19 September 2008 Digital heritage: VSMM 2008 Liverpool, UK 24–26 June 2009 London, UK Paris, France 20–26 October 2008 Mobile Analytics for Heritage Art d’aujourd’hui, patrimoine Submit abstracts by: Limassol, Cyprus Conservation: the 2008 de demain Adhesives for natural history Climate change and museum Conservation Science Annual specimens 30 September 2008 collections 24–26 June 2009 Working for Hitler: the 17–18 November 2008 Paris, France 8 October 2008 IUPAC 2009: heritage science 17 September 2008 restoration profession and the Somerset NJ, USA London, UK symposium – analysis and London, UK Nazi looting machine IUPAC 2009: heritage science 21 October 2008 Cultural respect in symposium – analysis and detection Frank Lloyd Wright Building For more information London, UK preservation and conservation detection 2–7 August 2009 Conservancy 2008 conference about these Glasgow, Scotland, UK 20 November 2008 2–7 August 2009 18–21 September 2008 Salt weathering on buildings Chapel Hill NC, USA Glasgow, Scotland, UK conferences and Submit abstracts by: 16 January Champion PA, USA 2009 and stone courses, see the IIC 22–24 October 2008 Conservation of paintings at ICOM-CC triennial meeting, Courses, Seminars and Copenhagen, Denmark , London website: 2008 2 December 2008 Workshops www.iiconservation.org 22–26 September 2008 In situ monitoring of London, UK New Delhi, India monumental surfaces Aqueous cleaning methods for 27–29 October 2008 textile conservators Florence, Italy 12–13 August 2008 Melbourne, Australia

climatechange AND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS The Inaugural Event of DIALOGUES FOR THE NEW CENTURY Roundtable discussions on the conservation of cultural heritage in a changing world September 17, 2008 / 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM The National Gallery — Sainsbury Wing Theatre

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) invites you to join the The changing climate of our earth has implications that go well beyond the dramatic effects of storms and discussion on the implications of climate change and its effects upon cultural heritage, particularly that rising sea levels, shifts in migratory patterns and habitats, or the potential for increased health risks from which is contained in museums and house collections. pollutants. Weather patterns and temperature variations also affect the long term preservation of the world’s Introductions cultural treasures which we enjoy and which inspire us every day. Jerry Podany President IIC The threats that come with climate change do not just exist in the outdoor environment. The delicate and Sarah Staniforth Historic Properties Director, The National Trust, moderator fragile treasures within our museums are also susceptible. Museum and house collections that may not have Presentations: previously required environmental control may soon require such efforts to meet their preservation responsibilities. Those collections protected by environmental systems may be at greater risk if such systems Professor Christina Sabbioni Research Director, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, CNR (Italy) and Coordinator of EC Project Noah’s Ark are not updated and expanded in capacity. To remain effective the maintenance plans for historic buildings, public monuments, and archaeological sites will require adaptation to our changing climate. Professor May Cassar Director, Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London and AHRC/EPSRC Programme Director for Science and Heritage Such needs come at great cost unless planned well in advance, and traditional solutions may ultimately James M. Reilly Director, Image Permanence Institute, Rochester, New York directly contribute to our global climatic problems. The development of more efficient, affordable, and environmentally sustainable systems is now more important than ever. These issues and many others are the Michael C. Henry Principal Engineer/Architect with Watson & Henry Associates, New Jersey focus of this roundtable. Sir Nicholas Serota Director, Tate

This event is made possible by the generous support of the Samual Kress Foundation; Suzanne Deal Booth, Booth Heritage Foundation; Tom Pritzker and the Hyatt Regency Hotels; The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Julian Hills, The Ant Farm; the National Gallery in London; and the many members of the IIC world wide.

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