Art conservation training

This is a listing of training schools for the field of art conservation.

There are a variety of training and entry routes into the profession of conservation; for many the first step is a full-time academic course. Whereas training in Conservation has traditionally taken the form of an apprenticeship, in more recent years training in a recognized conservation course at a University has become the norm. Today it is more common for professional conservators to have taken a University course combined with a period of time as an intern.

"The scope of conservators' work has widened in recent years, and is no longer dominated by hands-on conservation. Conservators now expect to be involved with exhibitions, conservation science, preventive conservation, project management and advocacy work".[1]

Within the various schools that teach conservation, the approach differs according the educational and vocational system within the country, and the focus of the school itself.[2]

Many of the Conservation Associations and Professional Organizations also provide additional information about the schools in their respective fields and locations.

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Canada

Germany

Israel

Despite its rich archaeological heritage, Israel has only begun to develop conservation education. The Israel Antiquities Authority recently established a training program in the Old City of Akko, a World Heritage Site.

Italy

Since 1944 there has been a state school for art conservation training in the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (formerly the Central Institute of Restoration) in Rome.[14]

Since 2006 its diploma is equivalent to a degree course, similar to a master's degree in the US. The courses are limited: to access one must pass an appropriate public contest announced by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. The training lasts five years and the diploma is subject to the acquisition of 300 credits. In this school they taught such important art historians as Cesare Brandi, and other scientists of conservation-restoration, such as microbiologist Clelia Giacobini.

The other state conservation school, with a similar training program, is the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence.[15]

Private schools also exist, such as the Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro "Palazzo Spinelli" in Florence, which offers three-year technical specialization certificate programs in several categories of art restoration, as well as shorter courses.[16]

South Africa

South Africa enjoys a national conservation training resource, which provides training in three specialisms of conservation, namely Metals Conservation, Paper Conservation and Ceramics Conservation.

United Kingdom

There are numerous training facilities for conservators in the United Kingdom, whereas training in the United States tends towards an overview of the conservation profession as a whole, in the UK each institution tends towards their own area of specialism.

West Dean also offers a series of Diplomas & Professional Development Courses

United States of America

References

  1. ^ ICON - Institute of Conservation - Careers & Training
  2. ^ AIC - Becoming a Conservator
  3. ^ Algonquin College - Applied Museum Studies
  4. ^ Fleming College: Full Time Programs: Collections Conservation and Management
  5. ^ Queen's University - Department of Art
  6. ^ Ma - Photographic Preservation
  7. ^ http://krg.htw-berlin.de/
  8. ^ http://www.fh-erfurt.de/fhe/index.php?id=1933
  9. ^ http://www.hawk-hhg.de/kulturgut/default.php
  10. ^ http://db.re.fh-koeln.de/ICSFH/index.aspx
  11. ^ http://www.rkk.arch.tu-muenchen.de
  12. ^ http://www.fh-potsdam.de/
  13. ^ International Conservation Center
  14. ^ ISCR
  15. ^ Opificio delle Pietre Dure
  16. ^ Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro "Palazzo Spinelli"
  17. ^ The S.A. Institute for Objects Conservation
  18. ^ Conservation
  19. ^ HKI - Courses
  20. ^ Cardiff School of History and Archaeology
  21. ^ http://www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk/docs/dept/cons.html
  22. ^ Courtauld Institute of Art : Taught Degrees
  23. ^ http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/instituteofarthistory/centrefortextileconservationandtechnicalarthistory/
  24. ^ Institute of Archaeology UCL
  25. ^ Institute of Archaeology UCL
  26. ^ LSAD Home
  27. ^ http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sass/ahd/cu/
  28. ^ Royal College of Art
  29. ^ West Dean College
  30. ^ Art Conservation Department Home Page
  31. ^ Historic Preservation Program
  32. ^ Museum Conservation
  33. ^ Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center
  34. ^ http://architecture.tulane.edu/programs/mps-masters-in-preservation-studies
  35. ^ UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology | Conservation Program
  36. ^ Art Conservation at the University of Delaware
  37. ^ http://hp.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=ms
  38. ^ PennDesign :: Historic Preservation