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    January wiki edit-a-thon month

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    If your New Year's Resolution was to learn MediaWiki or to contribute to AIC's crowd-sourced compendium of conservation information you are in luck! January is our wiki edit-a-thon month. Content groups have been organizing their own goals and projects ...

  • Welcome all to the MFT-IDG! In an effort to build our community, we've compiled an MFT Institution and User Directory , which can be found in the Library (see tab above). This directory lists heritage institutions around the world actively using the ...

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    Fellowship Opportunity: NMAI Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship ...

    Cross-posted from Dis List NMAI Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Conservation The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is committed to equity and social justice for the Native/Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere through education, ...

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    Archaeological Conservator Position Opening - Closes ...

    Job Announcement: Archaeological Conservator Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum – Maryland Historical Trust The Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab), located at Jefferson ...

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    RE: Cleaning Inside Glass Bottles

    In addition to the advice provided, I wanted to let site users know that there is an excellent, short video presentation on the care of glass in storage by glass conservation expert Steve Koob. the video is part of an online C2C Care course on Keeping ...

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  • According to “ Once Hidden, a Guston Mural is Revived ”, an article by Victoria Burnett in the February 4, 2025 issue of The New York Times , ”The Struggle Against Terrorism”, a mural painted by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish at the Regional Museum ...

  • In the January 18-19, 2025 issue of The Wall Street Journal , there is an article by Kelly Crow about how the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Center were designed both to prevent catching on fire and to contain any fires that might make their way ...

  • According to an article by Julia Halperin in the print version of the January 16, 2025 issue of The New York Times , the Des Moines Art Center has been given final approval to take down “Greenwood Pond: Double Site”, a site-specific installation it ...

  • FAIC's National Heritage Responders are sharing resources and reaching out to local colleagues, arts organizations, and individuals whose collections have been affected by the fires. Fire Recovery Resources Collections Evacuation Tip Sheet (pdf) ...

  • The Real Estate Section of the Sunday December 22, 2024 issue of The New York Times published an article by John Freeman Gill titled “ Saving a Mural Was a Team Effort ” which describes the efforts made to rescue the mural “Medical Research ...

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