Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation
November 29 – December 3, 2005
Hammamet, Tunisia

The ninth triennial meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) is coorganized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia. Aimed at professionals in the conservation of ancient mosaics, as well as at art historians and archaeologists of the Roman world, the conference will focus on conservation issues in the Arab world, a region rich in Roman mosaics.

The conference will encompass all aspects of mosaic conservation—training; in situ conservation; interventions such as sheltering, treatments, reburial, and lifting and relaying; documentation; presentation; maintenance; and site management. The four-day program will include over 60 papers and posters that reflect on theory, practice, and decision-making processes, and how these have evolved over the last 30 years. Case studies—which examine rationale, discuss the methodology or evaluation results of past projects, or illustrate how future evaluation is incorporated into project planning—will also be presented.

Tours of Tunisian mosaic sites will be included in the conference program. A postconference tour will be offered to sites and museums with mosaics in and around Tripoli, Libya.

Registration is now closed.

• Update Announcement - English (6pp., PDF format, 188KB)
• Deuxième Annonce - French (6pp., PDF format, 184KB)
• Bibliography on Tunisia and Libya - English (2pp., PDF format, 588KB)
• Abstracts - English/French (94 pp., PDF format, 568KB)
• Guidelines for the submission of manuscripts for the conference proceedings - English (5pp., PDF format, 176KB)

For further information, please contact:

Demetrios Michaelides
ICCM
iccm05@yahoo.com

Kathleen Louw
The Getty Conservation Institute
klouw@getty.edu