9:00 Registration and coffee
9:30 Introduction
9:40 - 9:55
MetigoMAP - an innovative graphic software for conservation documentation
Julia Burdajewicz, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
9:55 - 10:10
Automated thread counting from x-rays of canvas supports
Ella Hendriks, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, C. Richard Johnson, Jr., Cornell University, Don
H. Johnson, Rice University
10:10 - 10:25
Stereo-radiography in the digital age
Meta Chavannes, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
10:25 - 10:40
“SPECTRUM” - a Rijksmuseum project
R.E. Blekman, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
10:40 - 11:30 Questions / discussion / coffee break
11:30 - 11:45
“Artist Rooms”
Rosie Freemantle, Tate, London, Jacqueline Ridge, National Galleries of Scotland
11:45 - 12:00
Conservation documentation in the Thyssen Bornemisza Foundation
Hélène Desplechin, Thyssen Museum, Madrid
12:00 - 12:15
Using the collections database ‘Mimsy XG’ to disseminate conservation documentation.
Janet Brough, Paintings Conservator, Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, England
12:15 - 12:30
Creating access to the conservation documentation
Kriste Sibul, Andres Uueni, Conservation Centre Kanut, Tallinn
12:30 - 12:45
The online publication of the Cologne research project on the painting techniques of
Impressionism and Postimpressionism
Iris Schaefer, Katja Lewerentz, Caroline von Saint-George, Hans Portsteffen (Wallraf-Richartz-
Museum & Fondation Corboud and University of Applied Sciences, Cologne)
12:45 - 1:15 Questions / discussion
1:15 - 2:30 Lunch break
2:30 - 2:40
Digital Formats, Institutional Priorities, and Public Access: the Mellon
Foundation Initiative in Conservation Documentation
Alison Gilchrest, Program Associate, Museums and Art Conservation Program of The Andrew W.
Mellon Foundation
2:40 - 2:55
The Raphael Research Resource - The National Gallery’s Mellon Digital Documentation Project
Mara Hofmann, The National Gallery, London
2:55 - 3:10
The Rembrandt Database: An Inter-institutional Research Resource for Art
Historical, Conservation and Technical Documentation on Rembrandt Paintings
Wietske Donkersloot, RKD, The Hague
3:10 - 3:25
The Andrew W. Mellon Pilot project on the Master of the Fogg Pietà: an
international collaboration for creating a web-based research tool for
sharing and consulting documentation and technical information
A. Nevin, A. Burnstock, J. Cannon, C. Cambell, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
3:25 - 4:15 Questions / discussion / coffee break
4:15 - 4:30
ConservationSpace - Open Source Application Design and Development by and for the
Conservation Community
Joe Padfield, The National Gallery, London
4:30 - 5:30 Panel presentations and open discussion
Current developments and perspectives for conservation documentation in Collection
Management Systems
Bert Degenhart Drenth, Director, Adlib Information Systems, Maarssen
Jay Hoffmann, Director, Gallery Systems, New York
Marcel Zemp, Director, Zetcom AG, Zug
5:30 Closing Remarks
5:40 End
For registration please contact the coordinators by 30 July 2009:
Tiarna Doherty, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles: tdoherty[at]getty.edu
Gunnar Heydenreich, Restaurierungszentrum Düsseldorf / Cologne University of Applied
Sciences: gunnar.heydenreich[at]duesseldorf.de
Note: There will be charge of 30 GBP for ICOM members and a charge of 40 GBP for non ICOM
participants. Fees are to be paid in cash the day of the event.
Location: The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, London W1U 3BN
http://www.wallacecollection.org/visiting/howtoreachus
Source: http://www.icom-cc.org/52/event/?id=85
