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What is preventive conservation?

According to the «Professional Guidelines of European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organisations» – «… Preventive Conservation consists of indirect action to retard deterioration and prevent damage by creating conditions optimal for the preservation of cultural heritage as far as is compatible with its social use.

Preventive conservation also encompasses correct handling, transport, use, storage and display. It may also involve issues of the production of facsimiles for the purpose of preserving the original.»

preventive conservation courses

The idea behind the preventive conservation courses is, therefore, to be careful: to prevent preservation problems that might be found in the collections.

And this assumption, inherent in preventive conservation, is common to all those who, directly or indirectly, deal with heritage value and whose actions aim to enhance, preserve and promote heritage.

In other words, care for the memory of the Past so it can have a Future.

Preventive conservation courses

1 – Preventive conservation – concepts and methods

We relate Heritage with a people and their material or immaterial goods. Because of the timeless value they express, these goods must be taken care of as fundamental elements of society and culture.

The collective memory is the heritage of our ancestors and it should be transmitted to future generations. This heritage must be preserved and restored and demonstrate, whenever possible, the beauty of the Past. Preventive conservation is a way of preserving our heritage, the memory of all of us.

2 – Preservation of books and documents

Books and documents are part of our heritage and are especially important to us on a personal level, as they can contain invaluable memories.

This course systematizes the ways of identifying the pathologies, knowing the precautions to be taken, the methods and procedures to be applied, the prevention techniques and the ways to minimize the damage, carrying out paper repairs.

3 – Preventive conservation of photography

Apart from being an image, a photograph is a palpable object, which occupies a place in space and requires specific attention, through its physical and chemical composition and the weaknesses that this may entail.