Art conservation training

This is a listing of English language training schools for the field of art conservation.

There are a variety of training and entry routes into the profession of conservation; for many the first step is a full-time academic course. Whereas training in Conservation has traditionally taken the form of an apprenticeship, in more recent years training in a recognized conservation course at a University has become the norm. Today it is more common for professional conservators to have taken a University course combined with a period of time as an intern.

"The scope of conservators' work has widened in recent years, and is no longer dominated by hands-on conservation. Conservators now expect to be involved with exhibitions, conservation science, preventive conservation, project management and advocacy work".

Within the various schools that teach conservation, the approach differs according the educational and vocational system within the country, and the focus of the school itself.

Many of the Conservation Associations and Professional Organizations also provide additional information AbOUT the schools in their respective fields and locations.

Canada

• Algonquin College
  • Applied Museum Studies (3 Year Diploma) which "provides students with a sound background in museum work and the technical areas common to all museums. These include: collection management, exhibit preparation, conservation, educational programming, and museum management".

• Fleming College previously known as Sir Sandford Fleming College.
  • Collections Conservation and Management Diploma

• Queen's University,Ontario
  • MA Art Conservation

• Ryerson University
  • MA Photographic Preservation and Collections Managament

South Africa

South Africa enjoys a national conservation training resource, which provides training in three specialisms of conservation, namely Metals Conservation, Paper Conservation and Ceramics Conservation.

• The South African Institute for Objects Conservation
  • Modular Graduation Programme
  • Specialist Short Courses

United Kingdom

There are numerous training facilities for conservators in the United Kingdom, whereas training in the United States tends towards an overview of the conservation profession as a whole, in the UK each institution tends towards their own area of specialism.

• Camberwell College of Arts University of the Arts London
  • BA (Hons) Conservation
  • MA Conservation
  • Postgraduate Diploma Conservation
  • FdA Book Conservation

• Hamilton Kerr InstituteUniversity of Cambridge
  • The Conservation Diploma

• Cardiff University
  • BSc Conservation of Objects in Museums and Archaeology
  • MSc Care of Collections
  • MSc Conservation

• City and Guilds of London Art School department of Conservation offers several conservation courses including:
  • Conservation Studies BA - Three years
  • Postgraduate Diploma: Conservation Studies 2 years
  • Postgraduate Diploma: Comparative Studies in Conservation Cleaning, techniques in relation to laser cleaning

• Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Conservation of Easel Painting PgDip
  • MA Conservation of Wall Paintings

• Institute of Archaeology at University College London
  • M.A. in Principles of Conservation
  • M.Sc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums

• University of Lincoln
  • BA (Hons) Conservation & Restoration
  • MA Conservation of Historic Objects
  • Graduate Diploma Conservation Studies

• Northumbria University The Conservation Unit
  • MA Conservation of Fine Art
  • MA Preventive Conservation

• Royal College of Art
  • MA Conservation

• University of Southampton Textile Conservation Centre
  • MA Textile Conservation

• West Dean College
  • MA Conservation Studies

West Dean also offers a series of Diplomas & Professional Development Courses

United States of America

• Buffalo State College
  • MA and CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) degrees in art conservation

• Columbia University
  • Certificate in Historic Preservation: Conservation of Historic Architecture

• New Mexico State University
  • Museum Conservation Bachelor Degree

• New York University
  • MA in Art History and an Advanced Certificate in Conservation .

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Master of Science in Historic Preservation

• University of California, Los Angeles/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation, http://ioa.ucla.edu/conservation/index.php
  • Degree

• The University of Delaware (in association with Winterthur Museum)
  • MS in Art Conservation and a Certificate in Conservation .

• The University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
  • MS in Historic Preservation
  • Advanced Certificate in Architectural Conservation

• The University of Texas at Austin
  • Certificate of Advanced Study in the conservation of library and archival materials as part of its Master of Science in Information Studies program.