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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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Friday 11th June, 9:30-12:00 (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 in this session are to make their own way to the location in the morning. Please be at the location a few minutes ahead of time. In case of delay call Angeniet Boeve on +31 20 305 4655. Participants will leave at 11:30 from ICN and be taken by bus to the symposium location.
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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:
- Welcome and introduction, Janneke Ottens, Head Research and Deputy Director, ICN
- Cleaning and perception of photographs, Bill Wei, senior conservation scientist, ICN
- Research and conservation of plastics in modern and contemporary art, Thea van Oosten, senior conservation scientist, ICN
- Current research projects and Picture Meetings, Klaas-Jan van den Berg, senior conservation scientist, ICN
- Synthetic pigments, Matthijs de Keijzer, senior conservation scientist, ICN
- SEM (Scanning Electronic Microscope), Ineke Joosten, conservation scientist, ICN
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Maximum number of participants: 15
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Programme 