Membership

Membership

IIC membership is open to everyone with an interest in conserving the world's heritage: to conservators and restorers, to conservation scientists, architects, educators and students, and to collection managers, curators, art historians and other cultural heritage professionals. Membership enables you to keep abreast of technical advances and to remain in contact with colleagues worldwide through IIC's publications (Studies in Conservation and News in Conservation), this website with its news-feed and social networking links, the biennial conferences and the national and regional groups.
The members' part of this website provides an index of all IIC members, and free download of articles from Studies in Conservation and Reviews in Conservation as well as downloadable PDFs of News in Conservation and back numbers of some of the Congress preprints.
There are four categories of membership: Student, Individual and Institutional members, as well as Fellows who have been elected by the existing body of IIC Fellows.

Current subscription fees

The fees for the current subscription year (1 July to 30 June) are:

Benefits of membership

Membership of IIC brings many benefits, including:

  • Four issues of Studies in Conservation, the leading international journal in this field
  • Six issues of News in Conservation, the new, colourful newspaper that brings up-to-date news and views on conservation round the world (also available to members as a PDF)
  • Access to members' areas of the IIC website, including free downloads of earlier IIC papers and articles
  • Discounted fees at IIC biennial Congresses

Join online

If you are joining IIC for the first time, please click one of the membership types and follow the instructions online. If you are renewing your membership, you must log on first.

Opportunities Fund

IIC supports conservators and institutions who cannot afford the cost of membership through its Opportunities Fund. The fund is maintained through the generous contributions of our members, and allows successful applicants to receive membership of IIC for a limited time without charge.
More information about the Opportunities Fund, including an application form can be found here.

Membership categories

There are four categories of membership:

Student membership is for those enrolled in a full-time programme of education, training or work experience under the supervision of a professional conservator.

£20.00

Individual membership is open to everyone who is interested in conservation.

£55.00

Fellows are senior members of the profession who are elected by the existing body of Fellows. Click here to find out more about the criteria for fellowship, including an application form.

£80.00

Institutional membership is intended for museum and galleries, libraries and archives, conservation schools, research institutes and commercial firms.

£205.00