Internships at International Conservation Centre, Acre

Practical Conservation Training Internship
Old Acre, Israel
February 18, 2013-July 13, 2013
Application deadline: December 13, 2012

Saving the Stones is a three or five month training internship in
conservation and historic preservation.   The program is intended to
give recent graduates of archaeology, architecture, design, history,
art, geography, and other related subjects, the opportunity to apply
their skills and knowledge hands-on in the field of conservation.

Held at the campus of the Center in the inscribed UNESCO World
Heritage Site of Old Acre, this training internship provides
intimate access to the veritable living laboratory for the study and
application of practical heritage conservation methods and skills.

Acre is an historic port city on the shores of the Mediterranean
Sea, and is home to remains of world cultures including the
Hellenistic, Roman, Mamluk, Crusaders, Ottoman Empire, and the
British Mandate.

The program includes: Three intensive months foundational
conservation and historic preservation studies, including
theoretical and practical documentation and survey methods, and
treatment planning through to application.

Two months optional advanced practicum, during which the knowledge
acquired by the foundation unit is applied and thorough personal
research is conducted. On site practical application with ongoing
national conservation projects. Including:  mortar and stone
preservation at David's Tomb and the Western Wall Tunnels, mosaic
conservation at Caesarea, and historic building technologies in
Acre.

Throughout the program, interns work alongside conservation
specialists, archaeologists, and architects of the highest
professional and academic level.

Accommodation and additional enrichment activities provided.
Generous tuition grants are available to eligible applicants.

Contact the International Conservation Center
<center<-at->israntique<.>org<.>il> for more information and to request an
application package.

Alison Hortig
International Conservation Center
Acre, Israel
+972 4 9817322


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