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We are congratulating our Trustee Paul Dimoldenberg for being elected as new Lord Mayor of Westminster. The Lord Mayor of Westminster is the ceremonial, non-partisan and non-executive First Citizen of Westminster. Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg has been elected following a vote at Full Council on 14^th May. The ceremony was held on 6^th July.
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James Black has presented at the18th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies held in Split, Croatia on 9th May 2025. His presentation summarised the development of IAP and Archetype Publications from their start in 1983 and over the years.
We are grateful for the invitation to be included in the conference!

Thank you to all the tutors and every participant who joined us to further their interest/studies within the field of conservation!

It has been great to start a new series of Spanish virtual seminars in IAPesp with Ana Wortley.

This year we have organised

10 courses,

22 seminars including 7 Spanish seminars

for over 1700 participants

You can find a list of the seminars here.

From 16th to 24th September Matthew Cushman went to Singapore to give a course on gels and emulsions. One of the talks was ‘Inspired by Science and Stomach: Developing New Biopolymer Hydrogel Formulations for Conservation Cleaning’.

We offer courses and training sessions like this one, that are custom-made according to any particular group’s requirements. These seminars/courses focus on conservation-related topics, which are specifically chosen and typically commissioned by one institution for the training of  its staff. This training can either be in-person or online via Zoom.

If you are interested in booking a seminar, lecture or training session please email us at: info@academicprojects.co.uk

Follow us on social media or subscribe to our enews to hear about when we are next organising a public virtual seminar with Matt Cushman.

We are continuing to finalise seminars and courses for the coming Autumn months. For many of them you can already register now.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to send an email to info@academicprojects.co.uk or call us on +44 (0)20 7380 0800

3 Sep - Conservar arte contemporáneo, un reto posible

26 Sep - History of Pigments (until early 18th c)

1 & 2 Oct Identification of Insect Pests in Collections - a two session virtual course

10 Oct - Pigments and Inks in Medieval Texts

17 Oct - Trends in climate management in museums and galleries

7 Nov - Termites: identification, monitoring and control

12 & 13 Nov - Hazards in Collections - two session virtual course

14 Nov - History of Pigments (from the 18th century to the present day)

Estamos felices de anunciar nuestra nueva sección en idioma español: IAP esp

Más detalles aquí.

From 15th to 18th April Yvonne Shashoua* went to Malta to give a course on plastics to a group of conservator-restorers at Heritage Malta.

Topics covered included:

• Historical development of plastics
• Chemistry and physics of plastics
• Challenges of active conservation of plastics
• New generation plastics in cultural heritage collections – bioplastics, biodegradable, reused, recycled and sustainable plastics
• Designing conservation strategies for plastics

In practical session participants worked on identifying types of plastics using non-destructive and destructive tests, as well as adhering, filling and cleaning plastics. Furthermore they worked on recognising, documenting and slowing the deterioration of plastics.

*Yvonne Shashoua is Research Professor at the National Museum of Denmark specializing in the degradation and conservation of plastics. She has more than 100 publications in this field including the monograph Conservation of Plastics-Materials Science, Degradation and Preservation, Elsevier, 2008.

We offer courses and training sessions like this one, that are custom-made according to any particular group’s requirements. These seminars/courses focus on conservation-related topics, which are specifically chosen and typically commissioned by one institution for the training of  its staff. This training can either be in-person or online via Zoom.

If you are interested in booking a seminar, lecture or training session please email us at: info@academicprojects.co.uk

Emma Pattinson who has been a participant on our Hydrogels course in Glasgow in July 2023 wrote a blog post for the ICON Scotland Group blog. In the post Emma is sharing her thoughts on the course, as well as the uses of gels in practice in the months since the course. She is also is explaining how to make a curdlan eraser pen.

Read the full blog post here