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International Institute for Conservation

International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
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Full name International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
Founded 1950
Affiliation Learned society
Office location London, United Kingdom
Website www.iiconservation.org

The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC) is a global organisation for conservation and restoration professionals with over two thousand members in over fifty countries. The IIC seeks to promote the knowledge, methods and working standards needed to protect and preserve historic and artistic works throughout the world.

IIC is an independent international organisation supported by individual and institutional members. It is a forum for communication among those professionals who have responsibility for the preservation of cultural heritage. It aims to advance knowledge, practice and standards for the conservation of historic and artistic works through its publications and conferences. It also promotes professional excellence and public awareness through its awards and scholarships.

The current Council of the institute (2016-2017) is:

Officers:

Ordinary Members of Council:

IIC's Council attempts to reflect the geographical and professional balance of the world-wide conservation profession. Council Members, including the Secretary-General and Treasurer, are volunteers, as are the editors of Studies in Conservation and IIC's Congress preprints. The institute has a permanent secretariat in London with a staff of three.

IIC co-operates closely with other organisations in the field, notably the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and the Committee for Conservation of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) as well as national and regional conservation groups.

IIC is a learned society and is also registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

In 1930, the International Museums Office of the League of Nations held a conference in Rome on the examination and conservation of works of art. Following this meeting, the Museums Office issued a series of publications on the subject. In 1932 a technical journal of conservation studies, Technical Studies in the Field of the Fine Arts, was established by the Fogg Museum (Harvard University), under the managing editorship of George L. Stout. It continued publication until 1942.


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