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2017 Monday January 16

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum brings international experience for young conservators: The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum established in 1967 is the world's first museum specializing in preserving, studying, and exhibiting carpets and carp...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Textiles)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Workshop Framing techniques and microclimate enclosures for Panel Paintings: 20-22 February 2017 at SRAL Studios Maastricht, The Netherlands Deadline for registration: 31st January 2017 Workshop fees w...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Art Technological Source Research, Graphic Documents, Modern Materials and Contemporary Art, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Preventive Conservation, Textiles)

2016 Wednesday October 26

Managing Collection Environments: Preserving Collections in the Age of Sustainability:   Intensive Workshop June 5 – 16, 2017  Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Online mate...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Documentation, Graphic Documents, Leather and Related Materials, Natural History Collections, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Preventive Conservation, Scientific Research, Textiles, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2015 Sunday January 11

THANGKA CONSERVATION MASTERCLASS: Wednesday 04 March to Friday 06 March 2015 The course will consist of an historical over view of thangkas, it will touch on the geometry and design...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Textiles)

2013 Monday July 8

The Understanding and Analysis of Organic Materials in Art: Capita selecta: proteins; natural organic dyes and pigments 2nd – 6th September 2013, Horn, Austria. Further education course held by Dr. Jan W...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Art Technological Source Research, Leather and Related Materials, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Scientific Research, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations, Textiles, Wet Organic and Archaeological Materials, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2013 Thursday June 6

Rijksmuseum Textile Symposium – 7 and 8 October 2013: The beautifully renovated Rijksmuseum opened its doors to the public on Saturday 13 April 2013. To celebrate this event the museum organizes a two-day...

(Categories: Textiles)

2012 Friday August 3

The Artifact, Its Context and Their Narrative Multidisciplinary conservation in Historic House Museums: The Artifact, Its Context and Their Narrative Multidisciplinary conservation in Historic House Museums. A Joint Conference of ICOM-DEMHIST and three ...

(Categories: ICOM, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations, Textiles, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2011 Tuesday December 13

DEMHIST / ICOM-CC Joint Interim Meeting 2012 The Artifact, Its Context and Their Narrative Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums: Call for Papers for the 2012 is open for the Joint Conference of ICOM-DEMHIST and three ICOM-CC Working Groups The conference will be held at the Get...

(Categories: Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations, Textiles, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2011 Saturday October 15

10th International Conference Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments "Standards and Guidelines": The IAQ International Scientific Committee and UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage have the pleasure to announce the 10th International Conference on ...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Glass and Ceramics, Graphic Documents, Leather and Related Materials, Metals, Modern Materials and Contemporary Art, Natural History Collections, Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Preventive Conservation, Scientific Research, Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural Decorations, Textiles, Wet Organic and Archaeological Materials, Wood, Furniture and Lacquer)

2011 Tuesday January 4

Old Textiles Working Group Newsletters online!: With the help of Mary Ballard we are putting the old TWG Newsletters (from 1991 onwards) as pdf's on this website. They are a great resource. Over th...

(Categories: Textiles)

2010 Friday April 2

The Fiber Reference Image Library is now available online.: The Fiber Reference Image Library (FRIL), a database of micrographs of textile fibers acquired through the use of multiple microscopic techniques, is ...

(Categories: Non ICOM/ICOM-CC, Textiles)

2009 Monday April 27

Useful tools: A multilingual dictionary is available on-line in English, Spanish and French. You will find about 13,000 entries about art conservation. http://www.b...

(Categories: Textiles)

2009 Thursday April 2

Proceedings of the Forum on the Conservation of Thangkas: The Proceedings of the Forum on the Conservation of Thangkas, Special Session of the ICOM-CC 15th Triennial Conference, New Delhi, India, September 26...

(Categories: Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures, Paintings, Textiles)

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