Seminar on conservation of bark paintings

Current Research into the Conservation of Australian Aboriginal Bark
    Paintings
One Day Seminar
Broadcast Studio, National Museum of Australia, Canberra
Friday, 22 March 2002
9am

The morning session of this seminar will present the findings of
research carried out during the Bark Paintings Research Project.
This project has been funded through the National Museum of
Australia, National Gallery of Australia and University of Canberra
by a SPIRT Grant from the Australian Research Council.  Research to
be presented includes a summary of the findings of field work
carried out in Arnhem Land, a survey of previous consolidation
treatments, bark anatomy and the dimensional change of bark.  The
afternoon session will include papers from authors carrying out
research in Australia.

For further information contact:

    Nicki Smith, National Museum of Australia
    +61 2 6208 5253
    Fax: +61 2 6208 5299
    n.smith [at] nma__gov__au


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