Seminar on large-scale objects

"No Stone Unturned"
Monumental Objects re-displayed in the new Medieval and Renaissance
    Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
15-16 April 2010

A two day seminar  focussed on managing the particular challenges
posed in the building of large-scale monuments for the new Medieval
and Renaissance Galleries at the V&A.

Translating an ambitious concept into practical reality required a
high level of collaboration and negotiation beyond professional
borders. Architects, designers, engineers and curators worked with
conservators, managers and technicians to realise their vision--and
to deliver it on schedule.

Based on first hand practical experience, this seminar will look at
the logistical complexity of moving, storing, treating and
installing many large scale objects, often with inherited problems
and frequently comprised of numerous individual component parts. We
shall examine the demands that such a project had on the team both
physically and in terms of conservation approach and ethics. All
aspects will be considered over two days of presentations, tours,
and poster sessions, welcoming stimulating discussion. A broad range
of disciplines will be represented with the aim of sharing
solutions, resolving problems, and reaching conclusions that can be
applied to similar large-scale projects.

To register please visit:

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or select 'What's on' on the V&A main page
<URL:http://www.vam.ac.uk>.

Spaces are limited to 55.
For further enquiries email l.wagner<-at->vam<.>ac<.>uk.

Brendan Catney
Sculpture Conservation dept,
Victoria and Albert Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London SW7 2RL


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