Certified training institution DGERT nº 1800/2015.

In online courses with certificate in conservation and restoration techniques, learn the ethical principles and intervention methodologies adequate for each type of material.

Learn the differences, limits and levels of intervention in preventive conservation, curative conservation and restoration.

The online courses on conservation and restoration techniques consist of a basic structure of lessons with text, images, explanatory diagrams and case studies. Plus:

Tables and charts
Glossaries
Explanatory videos
Supporting texts and downloadable E-books
Indication of external resources (web and bibliography) for further study of the topics

The online courses also contain analyses of works actually carried out, demonstrating conservation and restoration techniques.

Preventive Conservation – concepts and methods

Starting from the beginning! Preventive Conservation is the first and most important stage towards the safeguarding of Heritage.

Learn how to identify and quantify the main risks to the degradation of works and how to implement the most suitable prevention measures for each case, using the appropriate tools.

You will learn:

• You will learn about the concepts and methods of preventive conservation.
• You will learn how to set up a risk assessment program.
• You will obtain the methods and tools needed to implement a preventive conservation program for the conservation of cultural heritage.
• In addition to the lessons, documents, links, tables and other materials are provided that will be aids and tools in your future activities. These additional materials will be applicable in museums, libraries and other types of public or private collections.

Conservation and restoration of paintings on canvas

The online course systematizes intervention methods and procedures, exemplified with case studies. An active method is used, illustrated with images and video tutorials of the various stages of intervention.

You will learn:

Conservation and restoration of ceramics

At the end of this course, participants will have learned about the techniques and processes of intervention in the conservation and restoration of porcelain / ceramic pieces and the most important conservation actions.

Through the analysis of real interventions carried out by conservation and restoration technicians, you will learn about the intervention methods, techniques and materials applicable in different situations.

You will learn:

• the concepts and ethical principles of conservation and restoration
• ceramic production techniques and the different types of ceramic pastes
• decoration / finishing techniques
• analysis and diagnosis of pathologies in different types of ceramic pieces
• conservation and restoration methods and techiques and their phases
• analysis of case studies

Preservation of books and documents

In the books and documents conservation course, learn how to identify pathologies in books and documents and their causes, how to care for books and documents and how to carry out conservation work and repairs on paper.

You will learn:

• know the materials, supports and constituent elements of books and documents
• identify the main pathologies in documents and books and their causes
• carrying out book and document conservation operations and paper repairs
• know the methods for preserving documents and books

The online course is supported by detailed instructions and video tutorials of all the interventions.

Preventive conservation of photography

Through this preventive conservation of photographs course, participants will learn how to implement a preventive conservation program for photographs in museum or private collections.

In addition to being an image, photographs are a tangible object that requires specific attention due to their physical and chemical composition and the fragilities that result from this.

You will learn:

• what a photograph is and its physical and chemical characteristics
• types of photographs
• degradation factors and identification of pathologies
• environmental and pest control methods
• storage methods and packaging systems
• implementing a conservation program step by step