The Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation

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The Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
http//www.culturalconservation.unimelb.edu.au/
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• The Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
  was established by the University of Melbourne
  Council in July 2003, as a joint initiative of
  the Faculties of Arts, Science and the Ian Potter
  Museum of Art, within the Faculty of Arts.

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The CCMC aims to - Drive cross disciplinary
exchange and collaborations- Lead and influence
innovative practices within the cultural
heritage sector- Contribute to national and
international debates, protocols and conventions
relevant to cultural material conservation and
the scientific investigation of cultural
material- Consolidate the use of the
Universitys cultural collections in teaching and
research - Emphasize an appreciation of cultural
diversity, community sensitivities and a changing
social context
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• The Centre provides
• comprehensive postgraduate conservation education
  in the Australia/South East Asia/Pacific region
• delivers one of the largest commercial
  conservation programmes in the country
• an integrated mix of commercial services,
  postgraduate programmes, interdisciplinary
  research, teaching and active industry
  partnerships

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Programs in Cultural Materials Conservation
Award Programs Masters by Coursework (Cultural
Materials Conservation) Post-graduate Diploma in
Photographic Conservation Graduate Certificate in
Art Authenticaton Master of Arts
(Research) PhD http//www.culturalconservation.uni
melb.edu.au/
Non Award Programs Chemistry Bridging
Course On-line Conservation Course
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The Cultural Collections of the University of
Melbourne

• Faculty of Engineering
• Department of Civil Environmental Engineering
• ?(Venturi water meter, made by Kent Ltd, London
  and Luton)
• Department of Electrical and Electronic
  Engineering
• ? Electrical Engineering Education Museum
• Department of Geomatics
• ? Surveying Geomatic Engineering Collection
• Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing
  Engineering
• ? Michell Crankless Engine Co. Collection

Ian Potter Museum of Art ? University of
Melbourne Art Collection (includes public art,
the Leonhard Adam Collection of International
Indigenous Culture and Classics Archaeology
Collection) Faculty of Arts Centre for Classics
and Archaeology ? Classics and Archaeology
Library Faculty of Economics and Commerce ?
(MONIAC economics model machine) Faculty of Land
and Food Resources ? Dookie Campus Museum
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Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health
SciencesCentre for Health and Society? Medical
History MuseumDepartments of Anatomy and
Pathology? Harry Brookes Allen Museum of
Anatomy PathologySchool of Dental Science?
Dental MuseumDepartment of Microbiology?
Material relating to Sir MacFarlane Burnet
Department of Otolaryngology? Bionic Ear
Archive Faculty of Music ? Musical
instrumentsrare historic examples Faculty of
Veterinary Science ? Veterinary Science Anatomy
Collection and heritage objects
Faculty of Science School of Chemistry ? School
of Chemistry Collection Department of Zoology ?
Tiegs Zoology Museum School of Botany ?
University of Melbourne Herbarium School of Earth
Sciences ? F.A. Singleton Museum School of
Physics ? Physics Museum
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Information Services ? Architecture Planning
Library Rare Materials Collection ? Brownless
Biomedical Library Rare Books ? Earth Sciences
Library Rare Books ? East Asian Collection Rare
Books ? Grainger Museum Collection ? Land Food
Resources Library, Burnley Rare Books ? Legal
Resource Centre Rare Books Collection ? Maps
Library Rare and Historic Maps Collection ?
Music Library Rare Collections ? Print
Collection, Baillieu Library ? Special
Collections, Baillieu Library ? University of
Melbourne Archives

• Collections on loan to Museum Victoria
• ? Donald Thomson Collection (on loan to Museum
  Victoria since 1973)
• ? Godfrey Howitt Entomology Collection (on loan
  since 1904)

VCA Film Archives
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Coursework in Masters in Cultural Materials
Conservation

• Masters of Cultural Material Conservation by
  Coursework and Minor Thesis
• provides a professional qualification in cultural
  material conservation
• -teaches theory and practice of cultural material
  conservation
• -as a professionally accredited course and
  students are eligible for Austudy

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Coursework in Masters in Cultural Materials
Conservation

• Introduction to Materials Techniques
• Professional Practice
• Technical Examination
• Colour Intensive
• Analytical Chemistry
• Respect
• Materials Techniques II
• Internship
• Conservation Treatment

• Double Treatment
• Minor Thesis, 12,000 word research project

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Post Graduate Diploma of Arts (Cultural Materials
Conservation)

• Post Graduate Diploma of Arts (Cultural
  Materials Conservation)
• - allows students to undertake a research
  project in cultural materials conservation
• - provides pathways to a higher research degree
  for students who have not completed a four-year
  undergraduate degree

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Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Photographic
Conservation)

• Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Photographic
  Conservation)
• - for those with a suitable background and
  experience who wish to learn more about
  photographic materials conservation
• - emphasizes the scientific and technical
  aspects of photographic materials deterioration
  and conservation
• - taught by internationally recognised leaders
  in the field

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Graduate Certificate in Art Authentication

• -provides an introduction to key concepts and
  issues in art authentication. Students develop an
  understanding of the main art historical,
  curatorial, legal, ethical and analytical issues
  relating to art fraud and the processes of art
  authentication
• program is presented by experts from a broad
  range of disciplines including art history,
  conservation, criminology and analytical
  chemistry
• topics covered have been identified in
  consultation with the art industry.

Arthur Streeton, Domes of St Mark, 1908, gift of
Dr. Samuel Ewing, The University of Melbourne
Art Collection
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Chemistry Bridging Course

• recommended for students who lack a background in
  chemistry or who wish to revise its basic
  concepts and practice
• - has been specifically developed to teach the
  fundamentals of chemistry to those entering the
  Master of Arts in Cultural Material Conservation.

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Australian Synchtron
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Caring for Heritage Collections On-line Course

• - for those who are caring and responsible for
  heritage collections
• - relevant to those working in community
  museums, historical societies, and with public
  and private collections
• - intended to provide information about the main
  causes of damage to heritage collections, and
  practical measures to reduce the impact of these
  on the collections.

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Research Platforms

• The development of scientific instrumentation for
  the characterization of artists materials
• Art fraud and art authentication
• Investigation of the materials and techniques of
  Australian artists
• Approaches and issues in cultural conservation in
  Asia Pacific
• Policy development in cultural preservation
• Interdisciplinarity and pedagogy in conservation
• Investigation of the materials and techniques of
  indigenous artefacts.
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The Bushrangers, William Strutt 1852 Ian Potter
Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
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Research Higher Degrees

• Master of Arts (Cultural Material Conservation)
  Thesis is aimed at students who wish to develop
  advanced skills in independent and sustained
  research in cultural materials conservation.
• The Doctor of Philosophy (Research Program) is a
  supervised doctoral research program in cultural
  materials conservation, which demonstrates a
  critical application of specialist knowledge.

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Research Higher Degrees

• Conserving Mural Paintings in Thailand and Sri
  Lanka Conservation policies and restoration
  practice in social and historical context
  (Beatrice Bayle CCMC)
• The preservation of artworks that contain
  daylight fluorescent paints (Elizabeth Hinde
  CCMC Physics)
• Corrosion and Inhibition of Archaeological Copper
  Alloys (Ahmad Abubaker CCMC, CSIRO and Classics
  and Archaeology)
• Vindicating Rover Thomas (Suzanne Spunner CCMC
  Population Health)
• Digitisation and Indigenous Communities A study
  of the development of online collections
  (Lyndon Ormond-Parker CCMC Population Health)
• Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, Laser
  Speckle Contrast and Laser Speckle Correlation in
  art analysis and examination (Elaine Miles CCMC
  Physics)

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Research Higher Degrees

• The Behaviour of Artists Materials in Tropical
  Climates (Nicole Tse CCMC, Art History and
  Physics)
• Sidney Nolan and Ripolin 1941-1953 (Paula Dredge
  CCMC)
• Testing and assessment of free-radical forming
  agents in the treatment of biodeterioration of
  cultural materials (Caroline Kyi CCMC and
  Chemistry)
• Conservation of Thangkas in Australian
  Collections (Sabine Cotte CCMC)
• The Materials and Techniques of Emmanuel Phillips
  Fox (1865-1915) (Catherine Nunn CCMC)
• Adhesives in paper-based heritage collections.
  Late nineteenth and early twentieth century
  recipes and proprietary products (Alice Cannon
  CCMC CSIRO)
• Interdisciplinarity in conservation pedagogy
  (Marcelle Scott CCMC)

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International Partnerships (Teaching Research)

• The Philippines
• Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines
• National Museum of the Philippines
• Ateneo de Manila University
• United Kingdom
• Tate
• United States of America
• Getty Conservation Institute
• Vietnam
• Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME), Hanoi
• National Gallery of Fine Arts, Hanoi
• East Timor
• Ministry of Education and Culture
• UNESCO Jakarta
• India
• Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural
  Heritage

• Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Museum of Art
• Macau
• Museum of Macau
• Malaysia
• National Gallery of Malaysia
• Islamic Arts Museum
• Singapore
• Heritage Conservation Centre
• National University Singapore
• Thailand
• National Gallery of Bangkok
• Department of Museums
• The Australian Embassy in Thailand
• Conservation Science Division, Department of
  Fine Arts
• Silpakorn University
• New Zealand
• Victoria University, Wellington

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Staff and student internships

• Vietnam
• Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi
• Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development
  Programs
• National Gallery of Fine Arts, Hanoi
• United States
• Getty Conservation Institute
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Guggenheim Museum, New York Strauss Centre,
  Harvard University
• New Caledonia
• National Museum of New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

• Greece
• Byzantine Museum of Athens
• Singapore
• Heritage Conservation Centre
• India
• Government Museum, Chennai
• Malaysia
• National Gallery of Malaysia
• Islamic Arts Museum
• The Philippines
• National Commission on Indigenous People,
  Philippines Government
• Catholic Diocese of Tagbilaran, Bohol,
  Philippines
• Centre for Culture and Arts Development,
  Provincial Government of Bohol

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Current Australian Research Council Projects
The Twentieth Century in Paint (University of
Melbourne, University of Queensland, AGNSW, QAG,
TMAG, Artlab Australia, National Gallery of
Malaysia, Silapakorn University, SEAMEO-SPAFA,
University of the Philippines, Getty
Conservation Institute, Tate Britain, ARC Linkage
Project Grant) Digitisation and Indigenous
Communities A study of the development of online
collections. The interface between international
institutions and Australian indigenous
communities (Lyndon Ormond-Parker, ARC Indigenous
Discovery Grant) Archaeological conservation the
development of analysis and assessment protocols
for adhesives used on archaeological pottery (ARC
Discovery Grant)
Eating on banana leaves, Chua Mia Tee, 1977,
Singapore Art Museum
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Eating on banana leaves, Chua Mia Tee, 1977,
Singapore Art Museum
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Thank you. Any questions?

• Associate Professor Robyn Sloggett,
• Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation,
• The University of Melbourne,
• Victoria, 3010
• Phone [phone]
• Email rjslog_at_unimelb.edu.au
• Website
• http//www.culturalconservation.unimelb.edu.au/