IIC Congress makes its mark in London

The 2008 IIC Congress scored a notable success on its return to London after 41 years. The theme Conservation and Access attracted over 460 delegates to the event, held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, opposite Westminster Abbey.

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Lunder Conservation Center wins IIC Keck Award

On the final day of its London Congress, IIC named the Lunder Conservation Center as the winner of the prestigious Keck Award for 2008. The Center, jointly administered by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington is the first art conservation facility in the USA that allows visitors to the museums permanent, behind-the-scenes views of crucial preservation work.

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News in Conservation, August 2008

The August issue of News in Conservation has been published, and is available as a free PDF for members. This issue includes the final technical and social programmes for the forthcoming IIC London Congress, features on conservation projects in London's Westminster Abbey and Sofia's Boyana Church, full members' news, and much more.

News in Conservation was launched in August 2007. Although pdfs of back issues on this site are only available to members, the first issue is freely downloadable from this link.

IIC website relaunched!

Welcome to the new-look IIC website, which was launched at the beginning of July. The new site contains even more information, news, events and jobs, as well as extra benefits for members, such as access to articles in IIC's publications database and an online directory of other IIC members.

New membership year 2008-9

The new subscription year began on 1 July 2008. Renewal forms were sent out to members with the June 2008 issue of News in Conservation, but members can also renew online.