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HistoricPlacesLA Catalogues Over 25,000 of L.A.’s Most Significant Buildings and Sites

By Ken Bernstein | Published: February 24, 2015

North Broadway-Buena Vista Street Bridge

North Broadway-Buena Vista Street Bridge

Explore Los Angeles history online with HistoricPlacesLA. More»

Tagged architectural conservation, architecture, GCI, HistoricPlacesLA, Los Angeles 2 Responses

Also posted in Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum, Paintings

Studying Picasso’s “Woman”

By Douglas MacLennan | Published: February 17, 2015

Studying Picasso's Femme at the Getty

Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Beyeler Collection. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

A close look at Picasso’s paints. More»

Tagged conservation science, GCI, modern art, Pablo Picasso, paintings conservation, X-radiography, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry Leave a comment

Also posted in Behind the Scenes, Conservation

Conservation Tools: Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)

By Christine Lee | Published: February 3, 2015

Portrait of scientist Herant Khanajian in a Getty Conservation Institute lab with an FTIR machine

Herant Khanajian in a Getty Conservation Institute lab with an FTIR machine

This technique allows conservation scientists to identify materials from the tiniest of samples. More»

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Also posted in Behind the Scenes, Conservation

Conservation Tools: The Universal Testing Machine (UTM)

By Christine Lee | Published: January 12, 2015

Associate Scientist Beril Bicer-Simsir placing a building material sample in the Universal Testing Machine.

Associate Scientist Beril Bicer-Simsir placing a building material sample in the Universal Testing Machine.

One machine to test them all! More»

Tagged buildings, conservation, Conservation Tools, earthen architecture, Universal Testing Machine, UTM 1 Response

Also posted in Behind the Scenes

Thirty Years of Advancing Conservation Practice

By Timothy P. Whalen | Published: January 8, 2015

Scientist works in a lab with acrylic paint

In 2007, the Conservation Institute began scientific research in modern artists materials, including paints and plastics.

A look back at the first 30 years of the Getty Conservation Institute, which turns 30 in 2015. More»

Tagged conservation partnerships, conservation science, GCI, heritage conservation, mosaics conservation, MOSAIKON 3 Responses

Also posted in Art, Getty Foundation

Conserving Mosaics in the Middle East and North Africa, A MOSAIKON Trainer’s Account

By Katie Underwood | Published: December 8, 2014

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A participant in 2014 MOSAIKON training workshop organized by the Centro di Conservazione Archeologica (CCA) and supported by the Getty Foundation conserves a second-century Roman mosaic

A conversation with mosaics expert Roberto Nardi about conservation training. More»

Tagged GCI, grants, mosaics, mosaics conservation, MOSAIKON, Q&A, Roberto Nardi Leave a comment

Also posted in Behind the Scenes, Conservation

Conservation Tools: The USB Digital Microscope

By Christine Lee | Published: November 21, 2014

Conservators learn how to perform analysis of biological growth in a cemetery in Rome during the International Course on Stone Conservation. Photo: Scott Warren for the GCI

Conservators learn how to perform analysis of biological growth in a cemetery in Rome during the International Course on Stone Conservation. Photo: Scott Warren for the GCI

The USB microscope: portable, high-tech, and high-powered. More»

Tagged conservation science, Conservation Tools, GCI, heritage conservation, microscopy, USB Microscope 6 Responses

Also posted in Conservation, Getty Foundation

Advancing Conservation Practice, One Intern At a Time

By Christine Lee and Angela Escobar | Published: October 16, 2014

Former intern Elsa Bourguinon with GCI’s Tom Roby working on the Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán, Honduras in 2001. Photo: Richard Ross

Former intern Elsa Bourguinon with GCI’s Tom Roby working on the Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán, Honduras in 2001. Photo: Richard Ross

Graduate internships at the Getty Conservation Institute offer training in both conservation and leadership. More»

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Google Summer of Code Pairs Up with Arches Project

By Christine Lee | Published: September 10, 2014

Google Summer of Code Intern Palash Oswal (left) at an week-long Arches community workshop held in the UK this summer.

Google Summer of Code Intern Palash Oswal (left) at an week-long Arches community workshop held in the UK this summer.

Two Google-sponsored interns combine their interests in cultural heritage and tech development to work on this open-source software system More»

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Conservation Tools: The GC/MS Instrument

By Christine Lee | Published: August 19, 2014

Joy Mazurek of the Getty Conservation Institute with a GC/MS instrument

Joy Mazurek of the Getty Conservation Institute explaining what happens inside the GC/MS instrument during analysis.

This scientific tool helps conservators understand artwork from the tiniest of samples. More»

Tagged chromatography, conservation science, Conservation Tools, GCI, heritage conservation, mass spectrometry, scientists Leave a comment

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