of Ghadamès has already beenshelled by Government forcesand NATO has refused to ruleout the possibility of bombingnear the Roman town of LeptisMagna, east of Tripoli, whichallegedly has warehouses ofGovernment arms.

UNESCO has urged thewarring parties to respect theHague Convention on theProtection of Cultural Propertyin the Event of Armed Conflict,to ensure these important andunique historical sites arepreserved.

UNESCO’s Director-GeneralIrina Bokova has written to eachof the countries concernedstating, ‘from a cultural heritagepoint of view, Libya is of greatimportance to humanity as awhole…Several major sites bearwitness to the great technicaland artistic achievements of theancestors of the people [ofLibya], and constitute a preciouslegacy.’

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The United Nations Educational,Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO), hascalled on parties involved in thearmed conflict in Libya toensure the protection of twoimportant World Heritage sites.

Ghadamès, an oasis townknown as ‘the pearl of the desert’,is one of the oldest pre-Saharancities, and an outstandingexample of a traditionalsettlement that also containsRoman ruins. Leptis Magna, an

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Hungary for knowledge!The IIC Croatian groupvisit conservationcolleagues in Budapest– pages 5 and 6

Safe storage in IndiaHow training can make the difference in preventiveconservation– pages 7 and 9

Kaman-KalehöyükArchaeological cultural heritage and a newmuseum in central Turkey– pages 10 and 12

UNESCO urges protection of Libyan heritage sites

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The large-scale programme of cleaningand restoration undertaken at London’s StPaul’s Cathedral was completed in June2011, after 15 years and at a cost of £40million ($65.3 million, €45.5 million).The ambitious restoration projectencompassed cleaning and repair of theentire inside and outside of the building;the first such restoration in the history of

the 17th century building.The completion of the works

coincided with the building’s 300thanniversary, with a service held tocelebrate both events. The iconic buildingdesigned by Sir Christopher Wren, wasblackened and damaged with age, and hasspent much of the past 15 years shroudedin scaffolding.

Martin Stancliffe, Surveyor to theFabric, who has overseen the restorationproject, said:

“It has been a privilege – and anextraordinary experience – to have ledthe team of professionals, craftsmen andconservators who have contributed somuch to this transforming project”.

St Paul’s receives over 2 million visitorsa year who can now experience arefreshed Cathedral, much as it wouldhave looked when first unveiled in 1711.

The present St Paul's is the fifthcathedral to have stood on the site since604 AD, and was built between 1675 and1710, after its predecessor was destroyedin the Great Fire of London in 1666. Itwas the first cathedral to be built after theEnglish Reformation in the sixteenthcentury.

PoussinsvandalisedTwo paintings by the 17th century Frenchpainter Nicolas Poussin were recentlyattacked by a member of the public. Thepaintings, which were on display in theNational Gallery in London, werevandalised by a man with a red spray can.The two paintings, the Adoration of theGolden Calf and the Adoration of theShepherds, were not seriously damagedand were promptly treated by the gallery’sconservators. Both were back on displaywithin a day.

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Editorial A very warm welcome to News inConservation in its new format! We hopeyou like the new design and weencourage you to distribute it to friendsand colleagues far and wide! The featuresin this issue have a very internationalflavour – as we find out about museumstorage in India, conservation andarchaeology in Turkey and the IICCroatian Group’s visit to Budapest.

IIC is happy to announce a new eventthis September. ‘Conservation: Futuresand Responsibilities’ will explore therelationship between conservationeducation and conservation in practice.The event is aimed at student andemerging conservators, as well asexperienced professionals. There will becollaborative Live Web Broadcasts – inthe usual IIC Round Table format.

This is also a chance for IIC both tothank Vicki Humphrey for all her hardwork on News in Conservation over thepast years, and also to welcome the neweditor, Barbara Borghese. Barbara will betaking over from the October issue.Finally, please also be aware that IIC willbe moving offices in September. Detailsof the new address can be found in theIIC News section.

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conservation last year, and its condition issaid to be delicate. Sadequain Naqqash(1930–1987) is one of Pakistan’s mostcelebrated artists, known for his skilfulcalligraphy and social commentary. TheLahore Museum work is one of his mostfamous works.

Six new UNESCO world heritagesitesUNESCO has inscribed a further six siteson their world heritage list. The new sitesinclude several in the Middle East – theancient villages of Northern Syria, TheCultural Sites of Al Ain in the UnitedArab Emirates, and the so-called PersianGarden in Iran. Also inscribed were thecultural landscape of the Serra deTramuntana in Mallorca, Spain, piledwellings around the Alps (Switzerland,Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia)and the Selimiye Mosque and its socialcomplex in Turkey.

Mine threat to Buddhistmonastery in AfghanistanMes Anyak, an ancient Buddhistmonastery on Afghanistan’s Silk route isunder threat from mining. The ChinaMetallurgical Group has been given a 30year lease to mine copper in the area.Archaeologists and conservators havebeen granted three years to rescue whatthey can from the site before large-scalemining commences.

The early Buddhist site is thought to beover 1400 years old and is remarkablywell-preserved, with rich carvings and

News in BriefStudents scoop Zibby GarnettawardsThe Zibby Garnett Travelling Fellowshiphas awarded study trip grants to sevenoutstanding conservation students thisyear in diverse fields of conservation andfrom across the globe.

These are Nikki Chard (University ofGlasgow) studying Maori and Europeantextile conservation with Te PapaTongarewa Museum of New Zealand inWellington; Brenna Cook (University ofGlasgow) studying costume textileconservation with La Musée de la Modede la Ville de Paris; Heather Dowling(University of York), studying historicbuilding conservation with The RomiriProject, Zakynthos, Greece; Cerys Fry(City and Guilds of London Art School)looking at the conservation ofpolychrome altarpieces with GrupoOficina De Restauro, ConselheiroLafaiete, Brazil; Fiona Rutka (TheCourtauld Institute of Art, London)doing a ground layer and media analysisof Tudor British paintings with theNetherlands Institute for CulturalHeritage in Amersfoort; JulieSommerfeldt (West Dean College)learning parchment bindingsconservation with Centro de bel Libro,Ascona, Switzerland, and MakikoTsunoda (Camberwell College of Arts,London), learning about paper and bookconservation with the University of

California, Berkeley, USA.ZGTF is an educational charity set up

to fund overseas study trips forconservation students who are training inthe United Kingdom. ZGTF has enabledover sixty students to visit nearly 30countries since it was founded in 2000.More information can be found atwww.zibbygarnett.org or by getting intouch with the ZGTF administrator, ClareParker (clare.parker@zibbygarnett.org ;01400 283 123).

Cross border collaboration to aidLahore museum conservationprojectIndia and Pakistan are to collaborate tosave Sadequain Naqqash’s acclaimedLahore Museum paintings. Pakistaniartists are set to travel to India toundertake conservation training ahead ofthe project, which is expected to takeseveral years to complete. Sadequain’s‘Evolution of Man’ comprises 48 canvaspanels which previously hung on theceiling of Lahore Museum’s entrance hall.The paintings were completed in 1973.The ‘Evolution of Man’ was dismantledand put into storage ready for

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numerous artefacts. The supply of copper,thought to be the second largest reservein the world, was the reason themonastery was built at Mes Anyak in thefirst place. Archaeologists andconservators from the museum in Kabul,along with international partners, areworking to rescue as much as possiblefrom the site, but are under-resourced.The US military has donated $1 millionto the project.

‘Liberty Belle’ B-17 crashesWorld War II B-17 Flying Fortressbomber, ‘The Liberty Belle’ has crashedand been destroyed. An engine fire forced

an emergency landing on June 13 2011 inOswego, Illinois, USA. All seven peopleon board were able to evacuate safely andwithout injury, but fire spread throughthe aircraft, destroying it completely. Thecommemorative aircraft was constructedfrom two original, damaged B-17s andfirst flew in 2004. Accidents such as thisraise the question as to whether originalWorld War II aircraft should still be flown65 years on.

New Preservation Institute forYale UniversityYale University is to open a newpreservation institute dubbed theInstitute for the Preservation of CulturalHeritage. The facility, housed in a formerpharmaceutical factory, will unite YaleUniversity’s conservation resources,meaning that the conservation resourcesof its three museums and academicdepartments will be united under oneroof for the first time. The centre hopes todevelop new technologies forconservation, for example in the area ofnanotechnology. The new Institute has

been made possible by a $25 million giftfrom Lisbet Rausing, the TetraPak heiress.

Budget cuts impact on UK MuseumsThe United Kingdom’s MuseumAssociation has revealed the seriousimpact of budget cuts on the country’smuseums in a new survey. The survey,The Impact of Cuts on UK Museums, hasfound that a fifth of museums have hadtheir funding cut by more than a quarter.The report has revealed that over 60% ofmuseums have cut back their publicevents. Half of the museums surveyedhave reduced their opening hours andover 85% have cut staff. 46% ofrespondents say that they expect adecrease in the quality of service in their

museum over the coming year and 41%say that expertise and knowledge is beinglost at their museum. Links to the surveycan be found at:http://museumsassociation.org/news/cuts

Heritage Ironwork ConservationPolicy The United Kingdom’s National HeritageIronwork Group is a step closer todeveloping a comprehensive conservationpolicy for historic decorative forgedironwork. The organisation has received agrant from the Worshipful Company ofIronmongers, which will be used todevelop guidance and policy. Moreinformation can be found atwww.nhig.org.uk.

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ObituaryProf. Dipl.-Rest. Dr. Ulrich Schießl, conservatorand art historian, passed away on 25 July 2011.Ulrich Schießl made a profound contribution inraising the academic and scientific profile ofconservation and restoration as a profession inEurope. His achievements in his research andteaching in the fields of art technology,conservation history and practical conservation ofworks of art have set international standards. Withgreat passion, farsightedness, and outstandingprofessional competence, he decisively influencedthe Academy of Fine Arts Dresden and itsDepartment of Art Technology, Conservation andRestoration and will be sadly missed.

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The IIC-CroatianGroup’s firstculturalexchangeSuzana Damiani, Sandra Lucić Vujičićand Ksenija Škarić report on theirrecent trip to Budapest as part of theIIC-Croatian Group. The IIC-CroatianGroup was recently created to increasecommunication and integration amongCroatia’s professional conservationcommunity. The IIC-Croatian Group isnow facing up to this challenge,amongst other things, by travelling!

Between March 24–26 2011, the Grouporganized a visit to conservationlaboratories in Budapest. Hungary waschosen for two main reasons, firstly

because it is nearby. Secondly, Croatia hasa great shared history with Hungary. Ourtwo countries have a lot in common,including a similar cultural heritage butwith one important difference: Hungaryis part of the EU while Croatia is only acandidate. Our Group was curious to seehow this difference was reflected inconservation issues. We planned to visitthe conservation laboratories at theHungarian Academy of Fine Arts (MagyarKépzomuvészeti Egyetem), the HungarianNational Museum (Magyar NemzetiMúzeum), the Hungarian National Gallery(Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), the Museumof Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum)and the Hungarian Museum of AppliedArts (Magyar Iparművészeti Múzeum).This ambitious programme attractedthirty one conservators and art historiansfrom the Croatian Conservation Institute,the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb,the Academy of Arts and the Faculty ofHumanities and Social Sciences. Giventhat the trip was condensed into two days,on the first day we split into three groupsaccording to peoples’ interests.

The first group visited the RestorationDepartment of the Academy of Fine Arts,the conservation studio of the Museumof Fine Arts as well as the Museum’spermanent collection. Our host, IstvánBóna, professor at the Academy, showedus the main building in Andrassy Avenuein which most of the education, lecturesand exercises in technology, easelpaintings and polychrome sculpturerestoration take place. Some of the

diploma work, with the exception ofstone sculpture, also happens there. Thelate 19th century building is a work of artin itself with beautiful interior decorationand wall paintings from the historicistperiod. Walking through AndrassyAvenue, which is on the UNESCO worldheritage list, we admired numerousbuildings built, along with the firstunderground railway in Europe, at theend of the 19th century. Our kind hostpointed out some of the sgraffitodecorations that have undergoneconservation and restoration treatment.

The mural and stone studios of theAcademy are in the ‘Mulberry Garden’.One of the studios was founded as apainting school for eminent artists in1882 and has been an integral part of theAcademy since 1921. The conservationstudio of the Museum of Fine Arts waspresented to us by the Head of the Conser-vation Department, Miklós Szentkirályi,

who showed us some interesting works ofart that were undergoing restoration.Afterwards, we were treated to a tour ofthe Museum’s collection by anotherconservator, Nemcsics Imre and thecurator, Dora Sallay.

‘We got to know more aboutHungarian heritage and exchangedknowledge and experiences with ourCroatian colleagues’

The National Gallery in the BudaPalace (another UNESCO heritage site)offered the second group a spectacularvista of the city and river Danube tobegin their day. The Head of theworkshops, Juhász István, and a stonesculpture restorer, Zoltán Hering, warmlywelcomed the group to the conservationlaboratory. We were particularlyimpressed by the well-preserved Gothicretables beautifully restored to their

Restoration Department of the Academy ofFine Arts, wall painting conservation studio

Mr István Juhász, the Head of the Conservationlaboratory at the Hungarian National Galleryexplaining the conservation process on aGothic retable

Close-inspection of the work done at theHungarian National Gallery by a member ofIIC-Croatian Group

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original polychromy, both in theconservation laboratory and in thegalleries. The group also ventured intothe National Museum laboratories whereBalázs Lencz, Senior Conservator andDeputy Head of Conservation, showedconservation work on archaeologicalobjects. A highlight was Balázs Lencz’sextraordinary work, executed bycombining Hungarian and Japanese tools,skills and invention. The visit to theNational Museum was organized byPetronella Kovács Mravik, the Head ofthe Department of ConservationTraining and Research, whom some ofthe Group first met during the IICIstanbul Congress.

At the same time, our textile and metalconservators were hosted by Hungariancolleagues Zsombor Jékely, Márta Tóthand Andrea Várfalfi during a visit to theMuseum for Applied Arts and theHungarian National Museum. Theytoured the textile and metal workshops

and marvelled at the museums’ currentand permanent exhibitions: includingOttoman Turkish Carpets, AristocraticTextiles from the Esterházy-treasury,Persian Arts of the Qajar Period (1796–1925) and History of Hungary from thefoundation of the state to 1990. Inaddition, their storage rooms revealedmany interesting textile fragments. Wewere impressed with the pride of ourhosts in their history and the numerouspieces of beautiful textile art.Conservators in the Hungarian NationalMuseum collaborate with the Universityof Fine Arts, to give students theopportunity to practise techniques andlearn from experts in the Museum. Ourday culminated in interesting discussionsaround various topics including theconservation of 19th century textiles, thebest way to display flat textiles andweaving technology.

Everyone was reunited on day two,starting with an excursion to the Inner

City parish church of Pest, by theElisabeth Bridge and close to the site ofan excavated Roman fort. The basilica,dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was builtaround 1200 and has undergonenumerous changes through its history.Our guide, Mr Bóna, illuminated thechurch’s fascinating history, includingseveral re-builds and a period, during theOttoman invasion, where it served as amosque, traces of which remain inside.Research in 1930s and 1940s revealedfragments of medieval paintings, whichwere then detached from the wall. Thesefragments required several rounds ofrestoration and have been finally put backinto the church. Éva Derdák took usthrough her discovery last year of abeautifully preserved scene of the Virginand Child, uncovered during anexamination of the walls. She alsoexplained the processes and differentphases of restoration that have beencarried out subsequently.

Reconstruction was a common themeat the National Museum. Its building wascompletely reconstructed followingextensive research about its exterior andinterior surfaces. Some details werepresented to us by the leader of therestoration works, Mr Bóna. The frescoespainted by the eminent Hungarianpainters Károly Lotz and Mór Than werein good condition after the removal ofimpurities, but a fragment of the frieze,damaged by a tank missile in 1956, was agreat problem both artistically and forconservation. Since the frieze is in the

main staircase hall, conservators decidedto reconstruct the lost fragments,including figural scenes.

After leaving Budapest the IIC-Croatian Group stopped at Balaton toshare impressions. We are all lookingforward to seeing our Hungariancolleagues in Croatia and continuingfurther exchange in our workshops. Wegot to know more about Hungarianheritage and exchanged knowledge andexperiences with our Croatian colleagues.The trip’s cultural exchange left everybodyasking: where shall we go next?

Authors’ Biographies Suzana Damiani is Assistant Professor at theAcademy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb.Sandra Lucić Vujičić is Senior Conservator-Restorer at the Croatian ConservationInstitute, Zagreb.Ksenija Škarić is a Conservator-RestorerAdviser at the Croatian ConservationInstitute, Zagreb

Mr Balázs Lencz, Deputy Head of Conservationat the Hungarian National Museum showinghis work

The metal objects conservation at theHungarian National Museum

Mr István Bóna, explaining the conservationthat took place in the main staircase hall of theHungarian National Museum

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About 60% of museum storageworldwide is in such disastrousconditions that it is virtually impossibleto use collections for research,exhibitions and learning – a seriousthreat to their conservation. This is anaccount of what can be achieved insmall museums with few resources.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre forthe Arts (IGNCA), based in New Delhi,was established in 1987 under theMinistry of Culture of India as anautonomous institution for research,

academic pursuit and dissemination inthe field of the arts. Its mandate isachieved mainly through scholarlypublications and a rich and variedprogramme of temporary exhibitions; onaverage six to seven each year lastingfrom one to six months.

IGNCA has five main divisions, one ofwhich, Kala Nidhi, encompasses theConservation Laboratory. The lab wascreated in 1993 with the appointment ofone conservator. After 15 years it has nowbecome a fully operational professionallab with nine staff. The lab’s main focus isto offer conservation services to all otherdivisions for their activities. The lab isalso very active in organizing workshopsand seminars on topics related toconservation and museology withinIGNCA and in regions of India wheremuseums lack trained conservators.

For every exhibition, the lab is calledon to clean, dust and repair objects beforethey go on display. As this was occurringregularly, it created much frustrationamong the conservation staff who

sometimes had to re-treat objects theyhad worked on the year before. Moreover,the shear quantity of incoming objectswas at times overwhelming: up to 50objects to be handed over in 15 days, andsometimes in one day! This factory-styleapproach to conservation certainlycompromises the effectiveness of thetreatments and the long-termconservation of the objects. Moreover, thestorage areas were in terrible condition.After having been treated and put ondisplay, the objects still had to return tothese conditions. In view of theseproblems, the lab was convinced thatadopting a preventive conservationapproach was necessary.

As access within the storage area hadbecome difficult, regular cleaning wasvirtually impossible

One of IGNCA’s divisions is JanapadaSampada, mainly interested in lifestyleand folklore studies. Before February2011, all 449 objects in the JanapadaSampada ethnographic storage (10 × 12m)lay on the ground with no identification.The collection is composed mainly ofmasks (wood or paper maché), shadowpuppets (leather), hand puppets (fabric,wood, etc.), painted textile scrolls, andlarge paper objects used in religiouscelebrations (Tazia). As access within thestorage area had become difficult, regularcleaning was virtually impossible. Inaddition, some of the windows hadbecome unhinged, allowing dust (as well

as pigeons) to enter. Whenever objectswere needed for an exhibition, staff hadto rummage through the collection tofind the object they were looking for, atgreat risk to the other objects. TheJanapada Sampada storage area hasseveral functions: collection storage,exhibition preparation,loading/unloading and research.However, these functions were physicallyoverlapped without a clear delineation ofspaces. IGNCA contacted ICCROM(International Centre for the Study of thePreservation and Restoration of Cultural

Achal Pandya, Simon Lambert and Gaël de Guichen demonstrate theradical improvements in storage practices which can be achievedthrough training in preventive conservation and storagereorganization

Saving collections at risk: workshopin New Delhi, India

Condition in Janapada Sampada ethographicalstorage before the reorganization The workshop participants and organizers

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Property) for help in organizing a two-week workshop on preventiveconservation and storage reorganization,to enable staff to identify and implementsolutions for the storage issues.

It took a week (5 days, with 6 hours aday of lectures and practical work) totransform what was then a group of 9 labstaff of different ages and backgrounds,into a team. In practical terms, this meantdefining a common objective andagreeing on a common terminology,managing time effectively, organizing theworkspace, and recognizing leadership.During the first week, participants also

learnt the basics of preventiveconservation and how to apply this to acollection in storage. It is only after a‘reorganization team’ had been formedthat practical work in the JanapadaSampada storage area could begin.

On Monday of week two, the teamprepared a working area in the roomadjacent to the storage area. Divided inthree groups, they analyzed the situationby preparing a condition report thatfocused on the four main areas ofresponsibility: ‘Management’, ‘Buildingand Space’, ‘Collection’, and ‘Furniture andSmall Equipment.’ The initial situation

was documented and the items wereremoved from storage.

The condition report highlightedproblems common to many smallmuseums. For ‘Management’, there wereno written procedures, particularly forsecurity, object handling, cleaning, objectentry and documentation. For ‘Buildingand Space’, the windows were in poorstate of repair. For ‘Collection’, there wasno location system for the objects andnone were labelled visibly with accessionnumbers. All the objects were directly onthe floor and completely inaccessible dueto the large quantity of non-collectionitems (exhibition panels, rubbish,wrapping materials, broken furniture andequipment, wooden crates, etc.), whichhad no purpose being there. For‘Furniture and Small Equipment’, therewere no storage units and no equipmentfor cleaning or reaching the objects. Thatevening the team debriefed and preparedan action plan (‘Reorganization Project’).

On Tuesday the groups analyzed eachspecific problem and proposed solutions.For example, one group had the task offinding a system to house the large masksand another of finding a way to store theshadow puppets. Each proposal was thendiscussed and a common work schedulewas prepared. The main problem was thecomplete lack of storage units. As luckwould have it, some divisions of IGNCAwere replacing their furniture that weekand had left several shelving units anddrawers (in good condition) in thecorridor. Thus, enough units to housealmost the entire collection wereretrieved.

The last Wednesday and Thursday ofthe workshop were devoted to theimplementation of the ReorganizationProject. Six workers came to lend a handcleaning, transporting and adjusting theshelving units, and cleaning the spaceregularly while work was underway. Tomotivate the team, progress was

Final result: no collections on the ground

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monitored on a large whiteboard whereall the actions were listed (e.g. clean units,adapt units, transport units into storage,etc.).

The results obtained during theworkshop show what can be achievedwithout substantial expenditure andwith little extra manpower

At the end of the fourth day, 90% ofthe collection was off the floor andhoused inside units. Janapada Sampadanow has designated spaces for loadingand unloading cases, preparing objectsfor exhibition, research, and a spacereserved exclusively for the collection. Inthis new layout 50% of the floor’s surfaceis occupied by units (filled to 70% of theircapacity). Any incoming object can nowbe accommodated easily. On the final day,the participants listed the missingprocedures that needed to be drafted toensure the sustained functionality of the

storage area.This project brought major change in

the mindset of staff. After the workshopended, the Janapada Sampada divisiondecided to organize all the collectionsbased on this model. Now, new objectsare entering the collection and are beingintegrated in the storage area accordingto the principles discussed in theworkshop. An object movement registeris being created and the collection is noweasily accessible for exhibitions, researchand conservation. As the objects are nowvisible, it will also be easier to detectproblems such as insects or mould.

In India there are a daunting numberof collections requiring urgent attention.Storage reorganization is a concrete wayto regain access to collections for publicenjoyment. The results obtained duringthe workshop show what can be achievedwithout substantial expenditure and withlittle extra manpower. The newly trainedIGNCA reorganization team is now ready

to assist other institutions in India facingsimilar problems.

The ICCROM-UNESCO onlineplatform, RE-ORG [www.re-org.info], is anew open-access online tool to helpmuseums reorganize storage areas anddocumentation systems. The RE-ORGmethodology was applied at the IGNCAworkshop. It was developed by ICCROMand UNESCO within the framework of athree-year partnership, and incollaboration with a task force ofmuseum specialists from 15 countries. Itis aimed at small museums (about 10,000objects) with reduced resources or accessto outside expertise.

ICCROM and UNESCO are nowimplementing a dissemination plan toraise awareness of the importance offunctional storage areas and to promoteRE-ORG to the general public, toprofessionals and managers workingwithin institutions, and to decisionmakers at national and internationallevels. ICCROM is currently collectingnew data on the situation of storageworldwide as it examines the possibilityof launching a full-scale internationalcapacity building training programme onthis issue. The RE-ORG helpdesk[info@re-org.info] is now open foranyone requiring assistance in using theonline tool or related supporting material.For more information on ICCROM andits collections programmes, please emailcollections@iccrom.org.

Authors’ BiographiesAchal Pandya graduated inChemistry (Honours) fromDelhi University. He obtaineda postgraduate degree andPhD in the Conservationdepartment of NationalMuseum Institute, Delhi. Achal is the Head ofthe Department of Cultural Archives atIGNCA, New Delhi.Simon Lambert is an ICCROMconsultant. Among otherprojects, he has beeninvolved in the developmentof RE-ORG. Simon studied arthistory and Italian literaturein Canada and the conservation of paintingsin Italy. He also received an MSc in the Care ofCollections from Cardiff University, UK.Gaël de Guichen is a SpecialAdvisor to the DirectorGeneral of ICCROM on arange of projects. Aftergraduating in chemicalengineering in 1966, Gaëlbegan his career at the Lascaux caves inFrance. From 1969 until his retirement in2001, he worked at ICCROM in preventiveconservation and as Assistant to the DirectorGeneral for 15 years. He continues hisconsultancy work and teaching worldwide.

AcknowledgementsMany thanks to Prof. Molly Kaushal, HoD(Janapada Sampada Division) for her activesupport and Mr. V.B. Pyarelal, acting membersecretary of the IGNCA, for hisencouragement.

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Kaman-Kalehöyük was a ruralsettlement on the ancient Silk Roadtrade route and dates from the BronzeAge (2300 BC) through to the OttomanEmpire (17th century). Today it islocated in Çağırkan village, Kırşehirprovince, in Central Anatolia, Turkey.The site consists of a tell, or mound, 280metres in diameter and 16 metres highand is situated 3 km east of Kaman (100km southeast of Ankara). It is also acentre for archaeological study,conservation and training, which hasrecently been expanded with newbuildings including a new museum.

Since 1986 excavation has beenconducted annually by the JapaneseInstitute of Anatolian Archaeology(JIAA) of the Middle East Culture Centerin Japan (MECCJ). The reconstruction ofa cultural chronology of Kaman-Kalehöyük is one of the objectives of theexcavation. The ‘Dark Age’ from the 12thto 8th centuries BC following the collapseof the Hittite Empire had beencharacterized by a lack of culturalevidence. A series of occupied levels andmaterial culture dating from the earlypart of the so-called ‘Dark Age’ periodhave been discovered at the site. Culturallevels have been traced from the AssyrianColony Period, the Old Hittite Kingdom,and the Hittite Empire Period through

the 2nd millennium BC.The JIAA’s yearly archaeological

surveys in Central Anatolia (1986 to2007) have resulted in the addition of twonew sites to their excavation roster in2009: Yassıhöyük (Kırşehir) andBüklükale (Kırıkkale). Yassıhöyük is amound site at Çaiaız village, Kırşehirprovince. It is located approximately 170km from Ankara and about 30 km eastfrom Kaman-Kalehöyük. The magneticsurvey indicated a very large structure, c.50 m long and 40 m wide, that may proveto be a royal palace or a temple. Büklükale

is a mound site located about 100 kmfrom Ankara in Kırıkkale province,approximately 40 km west of Kaman-Kalehöyük. The site dates to the HittiteEmpire Period (second half of the 2ndmillennium BC) and extensivearchitectural remains were indicated bythe surveys.

The JIAA has recently completed anambitious building project at Kaman-Kalehöyük with the goal of creating aninternational centre for the study ofAnatolian archaeology. The new complex,built next to the original building,consists of two octagonal buildings, onehousing the library and auditorium, andthe other housing a photo studio,registrar’s office, and laboratories forconservation, zooarchaeology,archaeobotany, and osteoarchaeology.There are also new storage areas andresidence halls.

Construction of a new KalehöyükArchaeological Museum was financed bythe Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs(ODA). The museum design wascontracted to the Ishimoto Architectural& Engineering Firm and constructionwas carried out by the KajimaCorporation. The new museum has beendesigned to replicate the existing tell, ormound, of Kaman-Kalehöyük fromwhich most of the artifacts to date havebeen unearthed. It is owned and operatedby the Turkish Ministry of Culture and

Aerial view of partially excavated mound of Kaman-Kalehöyük

New JIAA (original JIAA on right, new JIAA complex in center, new Kalehöyük ArchaeologicalMuseum on left)

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was opened to the public in July 2010.Plans are also underway to develop a

conservation laboratory for CentralAnatolia in the new KalehöyükArchaeological Museum. This ambitiousprogram developed by Dr. SachihiroOmura, Director of the Excavations forthe JIAA, will involve the establishmentof a permanent, year-round conservationfacility that will provide conservationtreatments and training of archaeologicalconservators in Central Anatolia.

The organization of the ConservationDepartment at Kaman as it exists today isdue in large part to the efforts of formerDirector of Conservation, GlennWharton, who took on the position in1991. The responsibilities of thedepartment include first aid treatment ofartifacts in the field, treatment of artifactsin the laboratory, storage of artifacts,preventive conservation, conditionsurveying, environmental monitoring,packing of artifacts for transport andeducation of conservators. Conservatorsalso form part of a collaborative teamwith archaeologists and specialists in the

fields of zooarchaeology,archaeometallurgy, osteoarchaeology,geoarchaeology, and archaeobotany. Thiscollaboration ensures that the highestdegree of information is gained from theartifacts, thearchitectural remains,and their burialcontext. There is astrong materialsinvestigationcomponent at the site.Extensive compositional andtechnological analysis is carried outespecially on lead, iron, bronze, copper,metallurgical slag, ceramics, plaster, glass,obsidian, unbaked clay and mud brick.Dating is carried out with 14C and

dendrochronology. The material scienceand soil investigations are invaluable forthe design of successful conservationtreatment protocols. Preventiveconservation is given full mandate at

Kaman and by itsvery naturenecessitates completefamiliarization withthe environmentalconditions in whichthe objects were

buried and the climatic conditions inwhich the objects are stored anddisplayed.

Fluctuations in RH and temperature inthe JIAA storage areas have necessitatedthe establishment of desiccated

microclimates for metals. The metal findsat Kaman were stored in desiccatedclimates created in sealable polyethylenebags and boxes with silica gel until 2009.The number of desiccated microclimateshas increased over the years with thegrowth of the collection necessitating anever-increasing time commitment on thepart of the conservation staff for theannual regeneration of the silica gel. In2009 the conservation department beganreplacing the silica gel desiccated storagewith the RPSystem® (RevolutionaryPreservation System) anoxic storagesystem for the iron and copper alloyartifacts. The anoxic properties of thesemicroclimates are maintained for severalyears before the RP-A oxygen scavengersare exhausted and require replacement.This radically reduces the time requiredby the conservation department forpreventive conservation. The exclusion ofwood and other organic materials fromthe enameled steel storage cabinets andpacking materials has preventedcorrosion from the off-gassing of organicacids (e.g. acetic and formic acid). Theconservation department is also in theprocess of replacing chemicalstabilization treatments of iron (e.g.

Artists’ rendition of new Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum

Octagonal building in foreground housing theconservation laboratory

New Kalehöyük Archaeological MuseumThe JIAA has recently completed an

ambitious building project atKaman-Kalehöyük with the goal ofcreating an international center forthe study of Anatolian archaeology

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alkaline sulphite) and copper alloys (e.g.benzotriazole BTA) with the RPSystem®of preventive conservation. Siteconservation involves the construction ofa protective covering over the excavationat the end of each season.

The conservation department runs anannual conservation student internshipprogram, initiated by Glenn Wharton,which provides two conservationstudents from university graduateprograms around the world theopportunity to gain hands-on experiencein the field and conservation laboratory.An important part of the internshipprogram is a research project dedicated toa particular aspect of the collection.Projects have included the study ofadhesives for ceramics, the stabilization ofcuneiform tablets by firing, the chemicalstabilization of iron, the anoxic storage ofiron, the corrosion inhibition of copperalloys, and a risk assessment for the JIAA.

The conservation students and staffpublish their reports at the end of theseason in the excavation journal

Anatolian Archaeological Studies (AAS),published in English by the JIAA. Thetable of contents for every issue of the AASis available on the website of the JIAA,www.jiaa-kaman.org/en/aas/index16.html,and the majority of conservation relatedarticles have been submitted to AATAOnline (Abstracts of InternationalConservation Literature) athttp://aata.getty.edu/NPS/

A series of 20 Field Notes: PracticalGuides for Archaeological Conservationand Site Preservation has been preparedby numerous authors under the auspicesof the JIAA. A listing of the Field Notes isavailable at www.jiaa-kaman.org/en/fn1.html andthey can be downloaded from the websitehttp://cool.conservation-

us.org/byorg/takiact/Conservation workshops have been

held throughout the history of theexcavation: Materials Characterizationand Spot Testing by Nancy Odegaard andScott Carrlee (2010); Field Course inBronze Conservation by Glenn Whartonand Howard Wellman (1999);Conservation of ArchaeologicalCeramics, a Field Course forConservators by Tony Sigel (1998); andArchaeological Conservation in the Fieldby Glenn Wharton and J. Claire Dean(1995). A conference for archaeologicalconservators in Turkey is planned for thenear future in the auditorium of the newJIAA at Kaman.

Conservators at Kaman collaboratewith a wide range of specialists on site

thereby assisting in the historical andchronological interpretation of thecultural heritage of Central Anatolia. Theannual conservation student internshipprogram and the conservation workshopsand conservation conferences at Kamanmake important contributions to the fieldof archaeological conservation in Turkeyand abroad. The future growth ofarchaeological conservation in Turkeywill be promoted by the establishment ofa Central Anatolian conservationlaboratory in the new KalehöyükArchaeological Museum and thedevelopment of an in-house trainingprogram for Turkish archaeologicalconservators.

Author’s BiographyAlice Boccia Paterakishas a MA in ObjectsConservation fromQueen’s University,Canada, and a PhD inArchaeologicalConservation from theInstitute ofArchaeology, UniversityCollege London. Shewas Head ofConservation of the Agora Excavations for theAmerican School of Classical Studies inAthens, Greece, from 1986 until 2004. Since2008 she has held the position Director ofConservation of the Kaman-Kalehöyükexcavation in Turkey for the JapaneseInstitute of Anatolian Archaeology.

Email: alicepaterakis@yahoo.com

RPSystem®: RP-A® scavenger,oxygen indicator, and datalogger inEscal® bag with iron object.

Aerial view of protective covering over Kaman-Kalehöyük.

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IIC NewsNew IIC Student and EmergingConservator Conferenceannounced

IIC is delighted to announce a newinternational conference for students andemerging conservators. ‘Conservation:Futures and Responsibilities’ will focus onthe relationship between conservationeducation and the actualities ofconservation in practice. Its aim will be tooffer an international perspective and tofacilitate communication betweenstudents and emerging conservators onthe one hand and, on the other,professionals active in the field ofconservation in national institutions andmuseums as well as in the private sector.The themes discussed will be supportedby visits to some of central London’sconservation studios, at both not-for-profit cultural institutions andconservation businesses.

IIC will be working with the Instituteof Archaeology at University CollegeLondon on this project, and are verygrateful to UCL for their involvement inthis event.

The presentations will be held in theform of collaborative Live WebBroadcasts, in IIC’s familiar Round Tableformat, which will allow an internationalcommunity of speakers and participantsto join the conference, either in person oronline. Participants, including thoseattending via the web, will be able to ask

questions and join in the debate. The Conference will have a two-day

format and the programme will bebroadly as follows:

Friday 16th SeptemberAfter registration, for participants able toattend in person the morning of the firstday will be devoted to visits toconservation studios, followed by a LiveWeb Broadcast session in the afternoonand a reception in the evening.

Saturday 17th SeptemberThe morning and afternoon of thesecond day will be devoted to two LiveWeb Broadcast sessions, followed by aclosing reception.

Conservation professionals, active inthe private sector as well as inmuseums/galleries/training institutions,will discuss their career paths and workexperience and address the relationshipbetween their expectations at the outsetof their careers and the reality of wherethey are now and where they seethemselves going. Speakers will give theirviews on the future of the profession, andthe evolution of the conservator’sresponsibilities. Experienced conservatorswill address the issues of getting started,professional accreditation, and setting upone’s own business, as well as looking atconservation training.

Though held in London, this will be aninternational conference and we hope theevent will provide a useful platform forthe exchange of ideas among those

studying conservation, archaeology, arthistory, curatorship and relateddisciplines, people who are soon to sharethe professional responsibility for a widearray of heritage-related issues.

Keep an eye on IIC website for detailsof the event, reviews and the transcript(available in due course).

New IIC FellowDr David Grattan began his career as anindustrial research chemist and ended iton retirement in February 2011 asManager of Conservation Research at theCanadian Conservation Institute. Davidhas contributed numerous conservationresearch papers – from waterloggedwood, to permanent paper to preventiveconservation issues such as Isoperms.David has also been involved in a numberof specific conservation projects such as

the technical evaluation of Totem Poles atNan SdinsWorld Heritagesite (BC) andthe Fossil Foreston Axel HeibergIsland in theCanadianArctic. Davidwasinstrumental ina key conferenceon thepreservation of modern materials “Savingthe Twentieth Century”, Ottawa in 1991.His activities in ICOM-CC include beingCoordinator of the Waterlogged OrganicArchaeological Materials Group, and ofthe Resins Group in the early 1980s andfrom 1996 to 2002 he served for twoterms as Chair of the Directory Board.

IIC will be moving in September 2011From the beginning of September 2011 IIC will have a new address:1 Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JH, UK.

We will be keeping the same telephone and fax numbers and the same e-mail andweb addresses. We will be in central London, just off Parliament Square and willbe in the same building as the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (ImechE). IIChas been at the old Buckingham Street address since 1975, so the move will besomething of a wrench, but we are looking forward to the light, bright new spaceinto which we will be moving. We will be having our post re-directed to the newaddress, but please note that the new address will be in effect from the start ofSeptember 2011.Graham Voce, Executive Secretary

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Gabo Trust TravellingScholarships for sculptureconservatorsThe Gabo Trust, in partnership with IIC,is once again offering travellingscholarships to study the conservation ofsculpture anywhere in the world.Applications for the 2012 Scholarship arenow invited from Individual Membersand Fellows of IIC who are conservatorspractising in either the public or privatesector. Applicants will preferably have hadseveral years’ experience following theirprimary training. A maximum of twoscholarships per year will be awarded toapplicants proposing study tours which,in the opinion of the selection committee,will most benefit their own careers andthe worldwide body of knowledge of theconservation of sculpture.

The scholarships are limited to theconservation of sculpture in all its aspectsand are not restricted to any particularperiod or culture. However, some benefitto modern and contemporary sculpture(post 1880) must be apparent in theapplication. The proposed tour shouldnormally be completed within twelvemonths of the award being made.

The maximum sum awarded will beup to £5000 or equivalent in US dollars oreuros.

For full details of the Scholarship,including an application form, please goto the IIC website. The closing date forapplications this year is 30 November2011. Awards will be made by the end ofJanuary and announced in News in

Conservation in February 2012. The Gabo Trust was founded in 1988

by the family of the sculptor Naum Gabo(1890–1977). Aware of the problems withnew materials in modern andcontemporary sculpture, they set up theGabo Trust to increase conservationresources in institutional collections andto further the education of conservators.

More details about the Gabo Trust canbe found on http://www.gabotrust.org/

Regional GroupsGardens of StoneSFIIC, the French section of the IIC has anew publication out, Jardins de Pierres,Conservation de la Pierre dans les Parcs,Jardins et Cimetrères (Gardens of Stone,Conservation of Stone in Parks, Gardensand Cemeteries). The book is a result of aconference which took place in collabora-tion with ICOMOS internationalcommittee on stone and the Laboratoirede Recherche des MonumentsHistoriques (LRMH) in June 2011.

Stone has a specific role in parks,gardens and cemeteries. Stone mayappear in the form of steles, sculptures orsmall buildings with decorative,commemorative or didactic purposes, ormay simply indicate a burying place. Inall cases, these artefacts have a strongheritage identity, and provide manychallenges to institutions or individualsresponsible for their care. Conservationissues include ensuring that individualmonuments are preserved with referenceto the whole collection of artefacts;preserving the landscape, often rich invegetation, without accelerating thedegradation of artefacts; and complyingwith the requirements of burial andcommemorative services withoutendangering the long-term conservationof stone artefacts. In addition, someartefacts have been subject to repeatedvandalism, and in the case of sculptureswhich have been regularly been treated

over the years, there is concernregarding re-treating them.Winter shelters areoften installed oncertain sculptures,but there is still noconsensus on thebest practice in this context.Furthermore, funerary headstones andmonuments often lie unattended, withoutany opportunity for the teams managingthe cemeteries to respond to conservationneeds. Through these conferenceproceedings, SFIIC, the ICOMOSInternational committee on stone and theLaboratoire de Recherche des MonumentsHistoriques have joined their efforts topropose a better understanding of theconservation issues relating to thisexceptional cultural heritage and toencourage good site management practice.

Jardins de Pierres represents the resultof this work; forty papers have beenpresented by international authors. Thepapers have been published in thelanguage of their presentation (Frenchand English, with about one third andtwo thirds respectively), each having anabstract in the other language (25 inEnglish, 15 in French). The price of thepublication is €48. More information,including a table of contents and an orderform can be found on the SFIIC website:www.sfiic.fr.Marcel Stefanaggi

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Calls for PapersThe Materials and Techniques ofRenaissance Art10–11 May 2012London, United KingdomCall for papers deadline: 1 September 2011abstracts@renaissanceworkshop2012.org

Polychrome Sculpture: Artistic Traditionand Construction Techniques13–14 April 2012Glasgow, United KingdomCall for posters and papers deadline:30 September 2011icomcc.spadinterim2012@gmail.com

Meetings and ConferencesMATCONS 2011Matter and Materials in/for CulturalHeritage24–28 August 2011Craiova, Romaniawww.forummuzeulolteniei.ro/index.html

Jornadas de Conservación y restauración29–30 August 2011Lima, Peruhttp://yachaywasi.com/

2011 International IADA CongressPractice/research/ethics in PaperConservation and related materials29 August–2 September 2011Berne, Switzerlandwww.iada-online.org/berne.pdf

CIDOC 2011: Knowledge Managementand Museums4–9 September 2011Sibiu, Romaniacidoc2011.brukenthalmuseum.eu

LACONA 9: Lasers in the Conservation ofArtworks7–10 September 2011London, United Kingdomwww.lacona9.org

INTERCOM 2011: Museums and Politics13–16 September 2011Copenhagen, Denmarkhttp://www.intercom.museum/

IV Latin American Congress onConservation and Restoration of Metal13–19 September 2011Madrid, Spainwww.mcu.es/patrimonio/MC/CLCRM/Temas.html

International Symposium and Workshopon Cultural Property Risk Analysis14–16 September 2011Lisbon, Portugalhttp://protectheritage.com/Lisbon2011

IIC Student and Emerging ConservatorConference: Conservation: Futures andResponsibilities16–17 September 2011London, United Kingdomwww.iiconservation.org

ICOM-CC 16th Triennial Conference19–23 September 2011Lisbon, Portugalhttp://icom-cc2011.org

Artworks in Churches: The challenges ofthe conservation of artworks in churches11 October 2011London, United Kingdomwww.churchcare.co.uk/pdf_view.php?id=220

Dyes in History and Archaeology – DHA 3012–15 October 2011Derby, United Kingdomwww.chriscooksey.demon.co.uk/dha/dha30.html

Adhesives and Consolidants forConservation: Research and Applications17–22 October 2011Ottawa, Canadawww.cci-icc.gc.ca/ann/symp2011-eng.aspx

VAST 2011: Symposium on Virtual realityArchaeology and Cultural Heritage18–21 October 2011 Prato, Italywww.vast-conference.eu/

Digital Preservation Summit 201119–20 October 2011Hamburg, Germanywww.digitalpreservationsummit.de

Salt Weathering on Buildings and StoneSculptures19–22 October 2011Limassol, Cypruswww.swbss2011.org/

Pest Odyssey 2011: Ten Years Later26–28 October 2011London, United Kingdomwww.pestodyssey.org/

Future Talks 011: Technology andConservation of Modern Materials inDesign26–28 October 2011Munich, Germanywww.die-neue-sammlung.de/event

iPRES 2011: 8th International Conferenceon Preservation of Digital Objects1–4 November 2011Singaporehttp://ipres2011.sg/

3rd Latin-American Symposium onPhysical and Chemical Methods inArchaeology, Art and Cultural HeritageConservation8–10 November 2011Lima, Peruhttp://lasmac2011.webnode.es/ presentacion

Plying the Trades: Pulling Together in the21st Century8th biennial North American TextileConservation Conference8–11 November 2011Oaxaca, Mexicowww.NATCConference.com

The Life of Things: The Preservation ofEthnographic Objects and their StoriesStuttgart, Germany11–12 November 2011www.ethnographic-objects.abk-stuttgart.de

CHNT 2011: 16th International Conferenceon Cultural Heritage and New Technologies14–16 November, 2011Vienna, Austriawww.stadtarchaeologie.at

The Third Dimension: 3rd EuropeanStudents’ Conference on ObjectConservation4–5 May 2012Vienna, Austriam.pfenninger@akbild.ac.at

12th International Conference on theDeterioration and Conservation of Stone:40th Anniversary4–8 June 2012New York, USAgw2130@columbia.edu

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European Painted Cloths C14th-C21st:Pageantry, ceremony, theatre and domesticinterior15–16 June 2012London, United Kingdomwww.courtauld.ac.uk/researchforum/EuropeanPaintedClothsC14th-C21st.shtml

IIC Congress 2012: The Decorative:Conservation and the Applied Arts10–14 September 2012Vienna, Austriawww.iiconservation.org/conferences/vienna2012/send_abstract.php

Courses, Seminars and Work-shopsCare and conservation of modern andcontemporary outdoor sculpture15–17 September 2011Porto, Portugalwww.incca.org/masterclass-in-porto-modern-and-contemporary-sculpture

Handmade Cover Paper Making andRebinding Period Text BlockWorkshop19–23 September 2011Charante, Francehttp://conservation-by-design.co.uk/z_paper_workshop/

Managing the library and archiveenvironment5 October 2011 London, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/environment.html

Damaged Books Training Day18 October 2011London, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/damaged.html

Introduction to Preservation Training Day25 October 2011 London, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/basics.html

Preservation assessment survey workshop2 November 2011London, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/pasworkshop.html

Understanding and preserving audiocollections7–9 November 2011London, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/audio.html

Introduction to Feather Conservation9–11 November 2011Norfolk, United Kingdomhelen.rush@norfolk.gov.uk

Loss compensation in paintings: fillingand retouching10–12 November 2011Porto, Portugalwww.incca.org/masterclass-in-porto-loss-compensation-in-paintings

Writing and using a preservation policy17 November 2011Edinburgh, United Kingdomwww.bl.uk/blpac/policy.html

Managing World Heritage Sites:Integrating Disaster Risk ReductionStrategies5–16 December 2011Mexico City, Mexico www.iccrom.org/eng/01train_en/announce_en/2011_12managingWHsitesMEX_en.shtml

For more information aboutthese conferences and courses,see the IIC website: www.iiconservation.org.

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