[Consdistlist] Wallpaper History Society, Ightham Mote, Kent, UK - Tuesday 30th October 2018.

A behind the scenes visit to National Trust property Ightham Mote in Kent to see its historic wallpapers: Chinese export, Gothic, leatherpaper and more. The tour will be led by WHS chair and NT paper conservation advisor Andrew Bush together with WHS member Anne-Marie Jordan, volunteer at

[Consdistlist] ConsDistList West Dean College Conservation Short Courses 2018

Masonry Cleaning Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 October 2018 Fully-inclusive residential fee from £653 For more information please go to www.westdean.org.uk/BCM Preservation Assessment Survey Workshop Tuesday 16 October 2018 One-day non-residential fee £143 For more

[Consdistlist] Remember - Course on Karibari Board Making

Remember - Workshop Karibari ! places still available! Catherine Charles Florane Gindroz Iseli October 22 - 26, 2018 A 5-days workshop on making your own karibari will took place in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Participants: The workshop is intended for paper conservators who are

[Consdistlist] Job Posting: Director of Distinctive Collections & Preservation Services, Illinois State University

Director of Distinctive Collections & Preservation Services Milner Library seeks applications for a twelve-month, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. Applicants must have a master's degree in library or information science from an ALA-accredited program

[Consdistlist] Job Posting - Senior Book Conservator, Harry Ransom Center

The Harry Ransom Center seeks skilled, collaborative candidates for the position of Senior Book Conservator. The Ransom Center is an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Its holdings include 42 million manuscripts, one million books,

[Consdistlist] Research on sampling methods for collection surveys

Hello, We are Conservators-in-Training at the University of Amsterdam, with the specialization Book & Paper, and we are currently doing research on the topic of collection surveys. We have had experience using the UPAA (Universal Procedure for Archival Assessment) method developed in the

[Consdistlist] Acceptable Airflow Rates within Showcases

We are currently working on a display case design with circulating air flow to ensure temperature and humidity is consistent around the case. We are looking for guidance on acceptable airflow rate that should be used to ensure there is no harm to objects. Does anyone have any experience or

[Consdistlist] Two Posts of Research Officer II in the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage, University of Malta

Errata: Further information and a call for applications is available online as per link: https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/363531/RSOII-ConsAndBuiltHeritage.pdf *Prof. JoAnn Cassar * *Head Department of Conservation and Built Heritage Faculty for the Built Environment

[Consdistlist] Survey for textile museums- Thesauri

Subject: Survey for textile museums- Thesauri SILKNOW is an EU-funded, Horizon2020 research project (grant agreement No 769504), that aims to improve the understanding and conservation of European silk heritage through visual and tangible simulations. This involves multilingual access to that

[Consdistlist] Vertical plan chests for sale

The Imperial War Museum has 17 vertical plan chests for sale, brands include Elite and Metalico. If you are interested please contact Emma Schmuecker eschmuec...@iwm.org.uk for details. Collection is from IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. ** Unsubscribe by sending a message to

[Consdistlist] 5th ARCH_RNT: Archaeological Research and New Technologies Symposium

The 5th Archaeological Research and New Technologies Symposium (ARCH_RNT) will take place in October 4-5, 2018, in Kalamata, Greece and is organised by the Laboratory of Archaeometry of the University of the Peloponnese. The focus of the 5th ARCH_RNT will be on Electron Microscopy and its most

[Consdistlist] 'Monuments in Monuments 2019' Stone Conservation Conference, September 2 - 4, Stirling, Scotland

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The conservation of immobile stone monuments, structures or objects within traditional buildings present specific conservation challenges as a result of conditions faced by both the internal and external structure. Monuments in Monuments 2019 will examine the interaction and

[Consdistlist] Register for the AICCM 10th Book, Paper & Photographic Materials Symposium, 20-23 November 2018

Join the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) in November for four days of talks, panel discussions, seminars, posters, slide shows and tours. The symposium will be held at Melbourne Museum (Melbourne, Australia) on November 20-23. We have presentations