Managing the Environment: An Update on Preventive Conservation Recognition of the importance of preventive conservation
is growing in virtually every region of the globe. Defined as the
management of the environmental conditions under which collections
are housed and used, preventive conservation has advanced in both
research and application. The older model of conservationin
which the conservator is perceived as the primary, if not the sole,
guardian of a collection--is gradually being replaced by long-term
preventive conservation strategies in which conservators share responsibility
with others.
Preventive Conservation: A Discussion
Catherine Antomarchi of the International Center for the
Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in
Rome, Colin Pearson of the Cultural Heritage Research Center at
the University of Canberra in Australia, and Luiz Souza of the Centro
de Conservação e Restauração de Bens
Culturais Móveis in Brazil, sat down with the GCIs
Kathleen Dardes and Jeffrey Levin to discuss efforts to promote
preventive conservation.
Funding Conservation: The Getty Grant Program at Work
The Grant Program, the philanthropic arm of the Getty Trust, provides financial support for projects in conservation. While grants are awarded for different types of conservation activities, a unifying element is the inclusion of educational opportunities and the work's potential to make a significant contribution to the field. Recently funded projects include medieval villages in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, the last remaining cathedral in Ghana made of earthen materials, internships for Latin American conservators, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater.
Values and Heritage Conservation
Sites, objects, and buildings acquire significance as cultural
heritage because of the values ascribed to them—be they historical,
aesthetic, social, or others. To ensure that conservation initiatives
consider social as well as physical conditions, values need to be
analyzed through a participatory process that promotes sustainable
conservation by engaging communities in the preservation of their
own heritage.
GCI News: Projects, Events, Publications, and Staff
Updates on Getty Conservation Institute projects, events, courses, publications, and staff.
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