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Parallel session
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Title
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Behind the Scenes: ICN and the Ateliergebouw
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Type
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site-visit
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Date, time
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Thursday 10th June, 13:00-16:00 (including travel)
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Organisation
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Angeniet Boeve, Information Management Staff Member
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Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage / ICN
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Location
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Participants will be taken by bus to ICN, leaving the symposium location at 13:00. Take-away lunch packs will be provided. The site-visit starts at 13:30 and ends at 15:30 so that the group can return to the symposium location for the networking sessions at 16:00.
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Description
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The Ateliergebouw (Atelier building) is unique in the conservation world as it houses departments from three separate organisations that are involved in conservation; the University of Amsterdam's training programme for preservation and conservation, the conservation studios of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (RMA) and ICN’s Research Department for conservation science. Participants of this session will receive a guided tour of ICN’s part of the building, including demonstrations of the equipment used for conservation research. The site-visit programme is as follows:
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Welcome and introduction, Arjen Kok, senior researcher heritage studies and peer leader, ICN
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Cleaning and perception of photographs, Bill Wei, senior conservation scientist, ICN
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Projects in cleaning of painted surfaces, Maude Daudin, freelance conservator and former ICN researcher as well as Beatriz Verissimo Mendes and Alexia Soldano, students in paintings conservation and interns at ICN.
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Maximum number of participants: 15
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Programme 
