After a very busy five-year period commemorating various First World War centenaries, the Australian War Memorial’s conservation staff are taking a moment to catch our collective breath and address all those routine jobs that have been neglected lately, before we plunge headlong into a major 10-year redevelopment of the Memorial’s main site and galleries ...
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. This year AICCM will be accepting nominations for the following six awards ...
This years AICCM National Conference will be held in Melbourne at the lovely Pavilion at the Arts Centre Melbourne from the 13th to the 15th of November 2019. Don’t forget that abstracts are due by the 1st of July 2019, and submissions can be emailed directly to secretariat@aiccm.org.au. For more information of the theme of the conference check out the AICCM event page ...
Is there some professional development you would like to do that requires funding? Perhaps a conference or a workshop you would like to attend? This year the Association of ADFAS is offering two mid-career scholarships to AICCM members. For inspiration, read about Kelly Leahey’s experience in this edition of the e-news. Keep an eye on your emails ... applications open soon.
As a first-year conservation student, I was unprepared for the moment I found myself wondering whether being haunted was a potential occupational hazard ...
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to attend the conference How and Why: Photograph Conservation Today. I was very generously supported to attend ...
We’ve all got them. A box full of photographs waiting to be pulled out and rehoused on a rainy day; personal treasures wrapped in tissue at the back of a drawer ...
After 30 years at the Australian Museum, Colin Macgregor has decided to make use of his Long Service Leave before retiring from the institution. Colin’s last day was 3 May ...
It was a bit of complicated road but when I was very young I discovered a book in the library on ancient Egypt and was fascinated by it. I think I was the only person who ever borrowed it but I decided from that moment that I wanted to be an Egyptologist or archaeologist ...
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