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About the AICCM Bulletin
The AICCM Bulletin is a hard copy, interdisciplinary and online peer reviewed journal produced by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) since 1975. Published by Taylor & Francis, we welcome papers that:
- Disseminate new information gathered about the materiality, nature, condition, deterioration and treatment of cultural collections within Australia and the Asia-Pacific region;
- Promote interdisciplinary research activity in cultural materials conservation;
- Present a forum for new ideas and thinking on materials conservation; management, conservation ethics, cultural engagement, sustainability and wider professional concerns in the region;
- Disseminate new information and novel methods to the conservation profession world-wide.
We encourage contributions from a wide range of authors, including first-time and submissions from non-native english speakers.
The instructions for authors and reference guide can be accessed from the Taylor & Francis website.
Information on the peer review process can be found here.
Articles are submitted through the Taylor & Francis platform. Authors should follow the Instructions for Authors Guide provided by Taylor & Francis.
The AICCM Bulletin publishes original and quality papers, including research reports, discussion papers, literature surveys, thematic bibliographies, summaries of research papers and dissertations.
The AICCM Bulletin does not accept papers that have been published elsewhere, with the exception of research presented at AICCM Special Interest Group meetings, conferences or workshops which has not previously been peer-reviewed. Such submissions must acknowledge their prior form, and acceptance (at the editor’s discretion) is determined by their significance and suitability to the conservation profession and peer-reviewed literature.
Copyright for works accepted by the AICCM Bulletin will be assigned to Taylor & Francis.
The AICCM Bulletin publishes two volumes annually. This may include a special volume or an open call for papers.
Papers may be submitted at any time throughout the year. The following deadlines are typically observed:
- April Volume — Submission by 1 August
- September Volume — Submission by 10 January
Recent volumes
Bloomfield, T, Coppell, R, McCann, E, & Smith, C 2025, ‘Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand: Whaowhia te kete mātauranga’, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 1-4, https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2025.2468535.
Heikell, V, Himiona, H, Whitehead, A, Whitehead, P, Lash, S, & Bickersteth, J 2025, ‘Addressing Cultural Risks in Conservation Decision-Making in the Development of the He Tohu Exhibition’, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 5-15,<https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2435081>.
Živković, V, & Strange, M A 2025, ‘The Emergence of Preventive Conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand’, AICCM Bulletin, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 16-24, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2025.2460331>.
Pitts, O 2024, ‘Hanging Loose: The Conservation Challenges of Unstretched Canvas Paintings, Including Two Case Studies of New Zealand Artworks’, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 25-32, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2433372>
Garratt, C 2025, ‘Finding Safety in Notches: Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy and Industry Literature to Identify the Substrates of Photographic Negatives’, AICCM Bulletin, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 33-44, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2445869>.
Short-Traxler, K 2025, The Conservation and Display of Aotearoa New Zealand’s First Particle Accelerator. AICCM Bulletin, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 45-57, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2447641>.
Thomas, E 2025, ‘Destruction as Conservation in Dane Mitchell’s ‘Iris, Iris, Iris’, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 58-71, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2025.2458951>.
Bloomfield, T 2024, ‘The Impact of the Te Maori Exhibition on Conservation Practice in New Zealand Museums: 40 Years on’, AICCM Bulletin, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 72-82, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2434362>.
Hadfield, J, & Ormsby, H, 2025, ‘Te Hokinga Mai: The Return and Conservation of Ancestral Pou in a Marae Environment’, AICCM Bulletin, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 83-92, <https://doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2433373>.
Tse, N, Cannon, A, Lelyveld, MJ & O’ Connell, J 2023, ‘Cultural Materials Conservation: Self, Systems and Society, AICCM 50th Year Anniversary’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 1-5.
Sherring, A 2023, ‘Embracing Humanness in Cultural Materials Conservation: A Roundtable Discussion with Conservation Professionals on Ethics, Values and the Future’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 6-18, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2312755.
Shellard, S & Carter, A 2023, ’30 Years of Conserving the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 19-34, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2390220
Earley, C 2023 ‘Managing Loans in a More Sustainable Future’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 35-47,doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2371700
Hamilton, S & Meiklejohn, A 2023, ‘APAC Reveal: unlocking the potential of the Australian Performing Arts Collection’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 48-66, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2315390.
Lewincamp, S, Günel, A & Alhagh, l 2023, ‘Didar: Activating heritage with diaspora communities in Melbourne’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 67-77, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2023.2300234
Cotte, S, Fleischer, N, Hocking, J & Vardy, S 2023, ‘I don’t want Bullumwaal to be forgotten’: Community-led Conservation of the 1897 Stage Curtain in Bullumwaal, East Gippsland, Australia’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 78-91, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2302206.
MacLeod, I & Carr, R 2023, ‘Conservation and analysis of textiles recovered from exhumed human remains after more than a century of burial’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 92-106,doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2023.2217391.
Cannon, A 2023, ‘Beyond repair – deaccession and the management of plastics’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 107-117, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2023.2300236.
Stuart, B, Barrett, M, Lo Bianco, S, Head, K & Thomas, P 2023, ‘Polymers in contemporary art objects at the Art Gallery of New South Wales: a survey using infrared spectroscopy’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 118-132, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2023.2242085.
Goodall, R 2023 ‘Confirmation of the composition in complex mixed pharmaceuticals by micro-Synchrotron infrared spectroscopy during the investigation of a medical sea chest, c1850’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp.133-147, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2024.2338008.
Bornstein, D & Keep, T 2023, ‘New Dimensions in Conservation Imaging: Combining Photogrammetry and Photometric Stereo for 3D Documentation of Heritage Artefacts’, vol. 44, no. 1-2, pp. 148-162, doi.org/10.1080/10344233.2023.2288467
Editors
Daniel Bornstein, National Museum of Australia
Dr. Cancy Chu, National Museum of Australia
Editorial Committee
Hakim Abdul Rahim, University of Canberra
Ian Batterham, University of Canberra
Tharron Bloomfield, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
Dr. Sabine Cotte, Grimwade centre/Cripps Institute, University of Melbourne
Emily Hornum, Victoria Racing Club
Erina McCann, Tiaki Objects Conservation
Amanda Pagliarino, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
Asti Sherring, National Museum of Australia and ANU
Ellie Thomas, National Communication Museum
Dr. Nicole Tse, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne
Editorial Assistant Committee
Lily Bennion, Fremantle Prison, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage
Alexandra Gent, National Gallery of Australia
Natalie Ison, University of Canberra / Art and Archival
Arzak Mohamed, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University; Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University
Vanessa Roth, Canberra Museum and Gallery
Savanna Szelski, The University of Melbourne
Isabel Walker, National Museum of Australia
Jiahe Yi, Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne
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