Congress on conservation

Conservation without Limits
IIC-Nordic Group XV Congress
August 23-26, 2000, Finland

The Congress Program
(the program is subject to changes)

Tuesday, August 22
Museum of Contemporary Art
Kiasma. Mannerheiminaukio 2
00100 Helsinki

15-17 Registration for the congress

Wednesday, August 23
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

9 Registration for the congress

9:30-10
    Opening of the congress
    Mr. Kalevi Kivistro
    Director General, Ministry of Education

10
    Gunilla Lagnesjo
    The Studio of the Western Sweden Conservators Trust
    "The Profile of Conservation in the Late 20th Century:
    Experience from 15 Years at a Regional Conservation Studio"

10:30
    Tanja Roskar Reed
    Akerhus Fylkesmuseum, Norway
    "Preventive Conservation for Non-conservators"

11
    Deborah Lee Trupin and Derek Balfour
    The New York State Bureau of Historic Sites, U.S.A. and Victoria
    and Albert Museum, UK
    "Case Studies in Upholstery Conservation: An Anglo- American
    Collaboration"

11:30
    Lunch

12:30
    Jon Lonnve
    Tromso Museum, Norway
    "Oxygen Absorbers in Practical Conservation: A Joint Project
    between Swedish Museums"

13
    "Safeguarding European Photographic Images for Access: SEPIA
    project"

13:30
    Pentti Pietarila
    The National Board of Antiquities, Finland
    "The Senate Square of Helsinki (Preserving the Historic
    Character of Old Buildings)"

14
    Poster session

15-17
    Visit to the Cathedral of Helsinki and the Crypt
    Architect Vilhelm Helander and architect Jari Reponen

17-18
    Helsinki City Museum "Time" exhibition and the Street Museum

18-19:30
    Reception of the City of Helsinki
    Helsinki City Hall

Thursday, August 24

9-11:30
    Visits to conservation laboratories in Helsinki

Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

12:30
    George Brock-Nannestad
    Preservation Tactics, Denmark
    "The Rationale behind Operational Conservation Theory"

13
    Gunilla Lagnesjo and Torkel Hagstrom
    The Studio of the Western Sweden Conservators Trust and
    Goteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, Sweden
    "The Conservation of the Blue Whale at the Goteborgs
    Naturhistoriska Museum"

13:30   Break

14
    Marcis Dzenis
    Riga Technical University, Latvia
    "10 Years after starting"

14:30

    Rikhard Hordal
    The EVITech Institute of Art and Design, Finland
    "The Ever Changing Profile of Conservation Education"

15:30

    Bus to The EVITech, Institute of Art and Design

16
    Visit at the EVITech Institute of Art and Design
    tour at the Department of Conservation Studies
    Reception of the City of Vantaa

Friday, August 25

Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

9
    Daina Ziemele
    The History Museum of Latvia
    "Restoration of Objects Made of Textile and Other Materials"

9:30
    Anna Hakari
    The Textile Conservation Studio Anna Hakari, Finland
    "Emphasizing the Importance of Copyright in the Textile
    Conservation: A Case History"

10

    Break

10:30
    Line Bregnhoi
    The National Museum of Denmark
    "Reconstruction of a Ruin? Decorations Found at the Manor House
    Fjellerup Ostergard"

11
    Jan G. Holmberg
    The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
    "Preventive Conservation Methods for Historic Buildings:
    Improving the Indoor Climate by Changes to the Building
    Envelope"

11:30
    Paivi Maaranen
    The National Board of Antiquities, Finland
    "Some Practices and Problems Concerning the Management of
    Archaeological Cultural Heritage of Finland"

12
    Bus to Hameenlinna
    Visits to the Hameenlinna Historical Museum, the National Prison
    Museum, the Palander House and the Hame Castle

Saturday August 26

Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

9
    Kari Greve
    The National Gallery, Norway
    "Foxing - Causes and Questions: A Research History"

9:30
    Paivi Ukkonen
    The Finnish National Gallery
    Conservation of a Water Colour and Gouache Painting"

10
    Break

10:30
    Jurgita Gleiznyte and Grazina Gleizniene
    The National Museum of Lithuania
    "Non-aqueous Conservation of a Map Drawn on Tracing Paper"

11
    Cecilia Ronnerstam
    The National Museum, Sweden
    "European Portrait Miniatures: Introduction to Materials"

11:30
    Mirja-Liisa Waismaa-Pietarila and Anna-Maija Hallaksela
    The National Museum of Finland and The Finnish Forest Research
    Institute
    "The Lost Madonna. Ethics and Conservation"

12
    Lunch

13
    Ulla Knuutinen and Anna Norrman
    The EVITech Institute of Art and Design, and the EVITech
    Institute of Technology, Finland
    "The Analysis of Waxes by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and
    Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy"

13:30
    Ari Tanhuanpaa
    The Finnish National Gallery / Sinebrychoff
    "Blanching on a Large Scale; Changes in a Monumental Painting
    Entitled H2SO4 by Unto Pusa"

14
    Break

14:30
    Jyrki Siukonen
    Finland
    "An Artist's Address"

15
    Kirsti Harva and Siukku Nurminen
    The museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Finland
    "Conservation Without Limits: Shuttle Diplomacy and Consulting"

15:30-16
    The Closing Ceremony

18
    The Seaside Party at the Helsinki Sailing Club
    HSS Restaurant, Liuskasaari island

Posters:

    Diana Bajare and Visvaldis Svinka
    Riga Technical University, Latvia
    "Durability of Historical Bricks and Ceramics Bodies Made from
    Latvian Clays"

    Grazina Gleizniene and Regina Ulozaite
    National Museum of Lithuania
    "Conservation of Archaeological Finds in the National Museum of
    Lithuania"

    Rasma Lezdina
    Restoration Center of History Museum of Latvia
    "Problems in Restoration and Reconstruction of Archaeological
    Artifacts Excavated Many Years Ago"

    Tanja Roskar Reed
    Akerhus Fylkesmuseum, Norway
    "Malapais Hill: Painted Rocks Revisited"

    Maija Santala and Seppo Hornytzkyj
    The Finnish National Gallery/Sinebrychoff
    "Pigment Research on the 16th Century Flemish Panel Painting"

    A. Skuciene and E. Striskiene
    Castles Research Centre "Lithuanian Castles"
    "The Unique Find of a VIII-IX Century, Found in Lithuania,
    Dirziai Cemetery (Pakruojis District)"

    Tiina Sonninen, Seppo Hornytzkyj and Thorborg von Konow
    Helsingin Restauroiniatelje OY, The Finnish National Gallery and
    Tureida, Finland
    "Old Pharmacy Building D 11, Suomenlinna Fortification.
    Investigation of Building Surfaces, Use of Plaster and Pigment
    Analyses as a Dating Method and as a  Source of Information
    about Building Materials in the 1800-1900 Centuries"

    Daiva Steponaviciene
    Castles Research Centre "Lithuanian Castles"
    "The Reconstruction and Scenic Use of Late Medieval Lithuanian
    National Costume"

    Elli-Maaret Suntioinen
    Conservator, UK
    "English Papier-mache from 1760 to 1860: History, Technology and
    Conservation"

    Laima Vedrickiene
    Lithuanian Art Museum, P. Gudynas Restoration Centre
    "Training of Conservators of Archaeological Finds at Vilnius
    University"

To receive a registration form to the congress, please contact:

    Kirsi Hiltunen
    Congress secretary
    +358 9 310 87010
    kirsi.hiltunen [at] hel__fi

The program of the congress and the abstracts are available soon on
the IIC-Nordic Group's home page:
<URL:http://www.kulturnet.dk/homes/ks/nkf/>

Riitta Koskivirta
The Finnish Museum of Photography
Tallberginkatu 1 G/85
00180 Helsinki, Finland
+358 9 686 63618
Fax: +358 9 686 63630


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