American Institute for Conservation

(Redirected from American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) American professional organization

American Institute for Conservation
American Institute for Conservation (AIC)

Founded	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Affiliations	Professional association
Website	www.culturalheritage.org

The American Institute for Conservation (AIC) is a national membership organization of conservation professionals, headquartered in Washington, D.C.

History

The AIC first launched in 1972 with only a handful of members. Now it is grown to over 3,500 members in over twenty countries around the world.

Foundation

The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) was incorporated in 1972 to support the charitable, scientific, and educational activities of the AIC. FAIC receives donations and grants to undertake and underwrite efforts that advance the field of conservation, support AIC members in their professional endeavors, and help people care for their collections.

Publications

The AIC publications include The Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, AIC News, and Specialty Group Publications.

References

"Journal of the American Institute for Conservation". SCImago Journal & Country Rank. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

Official website

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Topics and issues	Agents of deterioration Archival processing Archaeological science Archaeology Archive Bioarchaeology Book Calendar (archives) Conservation and restoration of cultural property Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property Conservation and restoration of movable cultural property Conservation science (cultural property) Collecting Collection (museum) Collection catalog Collections maintenance Collections management Collections management system Cultural heritage Cultural heritage management Cultural property Cultural property documentation Cultural property exhibition Cultural property imaging Cultural property storage Cultural resource management Database preservation Deaccessioning Digital library Digital photograph restoration Digital preservation Disaster preparedness (cultural property) Film preservation Finding aid Fonds Found in collection Heritage asset Heritage science Inherent vice Intangible cultural heritage Integrated pest management (cultural property) Inventory (library and archive) Inventory (museums) Media preservation Midden Mold control and prevention (library and archive) Museum Optical media preservation Preservation (library and archive) Preservation metadata Preservation survey Provenance Repatriation Ruins Sustainable preservation Treasure Web archiving
Roles and expertise	Archivist Art dealer Art handler Auctioneer Collection manager Conservator-restorer Conservation scientist Conservation technician Curator Exhibition designer Mount maker Objects conservator Paintings conservator Photograph conservator Preservationist Registrar (cultural property) Textile conservator
Methods and techniques	Aging (artwork) Anastylosis Arrested decay Cradling (paintings) Cultural property radiography Detachment of wall paintings Desmet method Display case Digital repository audit method based on risk assessment Historic paint analysis Inpainting Kintsugi Leafcasting Lining of paintings Mass deacidification Overpainting Paleo-inspiration Paper splitting Reconstruction (architecture) Rissverklebung Textile stabilization Transfer of panel paintings UVC-based preservation VisualAudio
Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property by item type	Archaeological sites Frescos Heritage railways Historic gardens Outdoor artworks Outdoor bronze objects Outdoor murals
Conservation and restoration of movable cultural property by item type	Aircraft Ancient Greek pottery Bone, horn, and antler objects Books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera Ceramic objects Clocks Copper-based objects Feathers Film Flags and banners Fur objects Glass objects Herbaria Human remains Illuminated manuscripts Insect specimens Iron and steel objects Ivory objects Judaica Lacquerware Leather objects Lighthouses Metals Musical instruments Neon objects New media art Paintings Painting frames Panel paintings Papyrus Parchment Performance art Photographs Photographic plates Plastic objects Rail vehicles Road vehicles Shipwreck artifacts Silver objects South Asian household shrines Stained glass Taxidermy Textiles Tibetan thangkas Time-based media art Totem poles Vinyl discs Woodblock prints Wooden artifacts Wooden furniture
Intangible cultural heritage preservation	Ancient music Applied folklore Dance notation Early music Endangered language Ethnochoreology Ethnomusicology Ethnopoetics Family folklore Folklore Folk art Folk dance Folk etymology Folk instrument Folk music Folk process Folk play Foodways Folklore studies Heritage language Heritage language learning Indigenous intellectual property Indigenous culture Indigenous language Language death Language preservation Language revitalization Living history Oral history preservation Preservation of meaning Prehistoric music Tradition preservation Traditional knowledge Traditional medicine
Notable projects	Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum Conservation-restoration of Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez Conservation-restoration of The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins Conservation-restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper Pompeian frescoes Conservation-restoration of the Shroud of Turin Conservation-restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty Conservation-restoration of the H.L. Hunley Conservation response to flood of Arno, Florence Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies World Heritage Site

Mid-Atlantic U.S. historical societies

Delaware

Wilmington	Business History Conference Delaware Historical Society

Maryland

Baltimore	Baltimore Heritage Community College Humanities Association Maryland Center for History and Culture Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Others	Association of Black Women Historians (Silver Spring) Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (Clarksville) C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Chestertown) Early American Industries Association (Hebron) Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Railroad Museum (Walkersville) Historical Society of Baltimore County (Cockeysville) National History Day (College Park)

New Jersey

Boonton	Boonton Historical Society and Museum United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey
Trenton	New Jersey Historic Trust New Jersey Historical Commission
Others	Hunterdon County Historical Society (Flemington) Monmouth County Historical Association (Freehold) Montclair Historical Society (Montclair) New Jersey Historical Society (Newark) Sussex County Historical Society (Newton) The Historical Society of the Somerset Hills (Basking Ridge) Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society (Vineland)

New York

Albany

New York City

The Bronx	The Bronx County Historical Society
Brooklyn	Brooklyn Historical Society
Manhattan	American Irish Historical Society American Jewish Historical Society Association for the Study of Nationalities Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Historians of American Communism Historic Districts Council Leo Baeck Institute New York Morgan Library & Museum Municipal Art Society New York Historical New York Landmarks Conservancy New York Military Affairs Symposium The Renaissance Society of America Royal Oak Foundation Society of American Historians Veteran Corps of Artillery of the State of New York World Monuments Fund
Queens	Greater Astoria Historical Society Queens Historical Society
Staten Island	Staten Island Historical Society

Others

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia	German Society of Pennsylvania Historical Society of the Episcopal Church Historical Society of Frankford Historical Society of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania German Society Presbyterian Historical Society Society for Classical Studies Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Pittsburgh	Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
Waynesboro	Antietam Historical Association Waynesboro Historical Society
Others	Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society (Bellefonte) Carbondale Historical Society and Museum (Carbondale) Chester County History Center (West Chester) Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (Gettysburg) Historical Society of Berks County (Reading) Johnny Reb Gaming Society (York) Lehigh County Historical Society (Allentown) Luzerne County Historical Society (Wilkes-Barre) Moravian Historical Society (Nazareth) Peace History Society (Gwynedd Valley) Pennsylvania Historical Association (Mansfield) Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association (Kinzers) Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation (Washington)

Washington, D.C.

Northeast	Florida House on Capitol Hill Supreme Court Historical Society United States Capitol Historical Society
Northwest	Advisory Council on Historic Preservation American Battlefield Trust American Historical Association American Institute for Conservation Association for the Study of African American Life and History Atomic Heritage Foundation German Historical Institute Historic Preservation Fund Historical Society of Washington, D.C. National Society of the Colonial Dames of America National Trust for Historic Preservation United States Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites White House Historical Association
Southeast	Naval Historical Foundation Naval History and Heritage Command
Others	American Studies Association Society for History in the Federal Government

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