In 2023, AICCM celebrated individuals and groups contributing to the conservation profession in Australia across eight award categories, and announced the 2023 ADFAS Mid-career Scholars. On Wednesday 15 November at the Welcome event of the AICCM 50+/-50 National Conference 2023, the AICCM President Alice Cannon presented the awards and announced the scholars. Thank you to
Within the Special Collections of the Baillieu Library at Melbourne University there was a copy of Monstrorum Historia by Ulyssis Aldrovandi bound in vellum in 1642. Aldrovandi was a professor at Bologna University and was an early naturalist, and this volume depicts ‘monstrous deformities’ in humans and animals. The book had been repaired in
For a few years prior to undertaking the short course ‘Conservation and Repair of Structural and Architectural Metalwork’, I’d been hearing from friends in the conservation community how amazing the short courses are at West Dean College in Chichester, UK. At the midpoint of my career, I also found myself wanting to further explore conservation
Jennifer O’Connell, ADFAS Mid-Career Scholar. Image credit: Jessica King. The AICCM is pleased to announce that applications for the ADFAS (Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies) Mid-Career Scholarship are now open. The award is made possible by the support of ADFAS for conservation in Australia through the Patricia Robertson Fund
Marica Mucic and Holly Jones-Amin undertaking treatment on Loong (a 40-metre-long imperial processional dragon) as part of the Loong Conservation Project at the Golden Dragon Museum in Bendigo. Image courtesy of Grimwade Conservation Services. Each year the AICCM recognises excellence amongst practising Australian conservators, conservation volunteers and those who actively promote conservators
2022 Zoom celebration of the AICCM Awards and ADFAS Scholars. In 2022, AICCM celebrated individuals and groups contributing to the conservation profession in Australia across five award categories, and announced the 2022 ADFAS mid-career scholars. On Tuesday 15 November, we ‘gathered’ together on Zoom for the announcement with AICCM President Alice Cannon
The AICCM is pleased to announce that applications for the ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarships are now open. The award is made possible by the support of ADFAS for conservation in Australia through the Patricia Robertson Fund (PRF). In 2022, ADFAS is offering two scholarships: 2022 ADFAS Mid-Career Scholarship $2000 2022 ADFAS Armidale Mid-Career Scholarship $2000
We all know someone amazing in conservation—now is your chance to celebrate that person’s talents and contributions by nominating them for an award [...]
The 2020 AICCM Awards were announced at a Zoom event on 1 December. Normally the awards ceremony is attached to an in-person conference or workshop event; this year we had to make do with virtual toasts and applause [...]
The IMAC award is an opportunity for one student from The University of Melbourne, Australia, to spend four weeks observing professionals working across the cultural collections, galleries, archives and museums of The University of Birmingham, UK. Interested students must submit and application for review and the short listed candidates are then required to give a
