This report details the cleaning treatment pathway for an early 20th century papier-mâché frame in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW). This process was undertaken during an internship at AGNSW in July 2018 under the supervision of Head Frame Conservator Margaret Sawicki. The Frame Believed to be the original frame
The Victoria branch of AICCM invites you to attend the next plastic focused Off the Record event: International Plastic Conservation Research and the PolyMuse Project. This event will be presented by Melbourne based members of the ARC-LP entitled ‘A National Framework for Managing Malignant Plastics in Museum Collections’, also known as PolyMuse (www.polymuse.net.au). Content: Dr Petronella
Join us at Melbourne Museum November 20-23 for four days of talks, panel discussions, seminars, posters, slide shows and tours. We have presentations about community archives, First Nations artworks, stone papers, 19th century Indonesian Islamic manuscripts, 17th century Dutch maps, iron-gall ink, painted photographic panoramas, and more. Our keynote presenters include Melbourne-based artist Patrick Pound,
What first attracted you to conservation as a profession and how did you get started in the field? I originally began studying a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, before majoring in European history. In my honours year a museum studies course was offered and I remember watching a documentary about the Historic Royal Palaces in the UK.
Membership Survey It is time for the AICCM bi-annual membership survey. The inaugural survey was in 2016 and now we will be able to start comparing data over time. The purpose of the survey is to register the priority of the AICCM against membership interest. It is a formal channel through which members can provide
Driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge is not an activity for the faint hearted. Traffic is heavy no matter the time of day, lanes appear, merge or veer off unexpectedly and drivers gaze at the bumper in front of them rather than the view below. Whether in a car or on the train, the Bridge
At precisely 11 am Perth time on Friday 3rd August, the golden shimmering mass of liquid bronze metal began to flow into the giant-sized mould at the VEEM Foundry in Canning Vale. Prior to this we had all been inducted into the safety procedures for watching the pour, but nothing could prepare one for the
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.(Mark Twain, 1835-1910) This quote from Mark Twain, written at the turn of the century, could no better sum up the circumstances in which we find ourselves today. The rapidly growing public appetite for cultural heritage experiences is both a boon and a burden. The boon
The 22nd Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association Conference and General Assembly was in Bangkok, Thailand, from 6 – 12 April 2018 at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel. This yearly conference gives an opportunity for audiovisual (AV) archive professionals from the Asia-Pacific and other regions to network, share ideas, discover new developments, and provide training for participants.
Co-presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation and RMIT School of Design, ACMI hosted a day-long symposium on July 28th about the challenges of preservation in the digital age. From time-based media and interactive art to the petabytes of digitised analogue content