Events & Training - Archive

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The course is taught by Dr Sonia O’Connor FSA FIIC ACR, University of Bradford over two days through a mix of lectures, handling sessions and practical identification. The materials covered in detail include bone, antler, various species of ivory, horn, baleen, tortoiseshell, rhino horn and hornbill, but materials used as substitutes or to imitate these materials, such as hoof, shell, coral, and plastics will also be examined. The emphasis is on visual, non-destructive, identification techniques although there will be some discussion of other analytical approaches, such as proteomics. Participants are invited to bring along samples from their own collections.

To book a place on the course and to receive the full programme please contact Paul Mallarkey: pmullarkey@museum.ie

Join us for a great Spring outing to the stunning Fore monastic site, Co. Westmeath, with medieval art historian Dr Rachel Moss, and St Mel’s Cathedral, Longford, with conservator Carol Smith. 

Meet at 11am in the Fore Abbey carpark. Family and friends are very welcome.

Rachel Moss will guide us from the early monastic church, to the anchorite’s cell to the Benedictine priory and associated holy well and tree and place them in their historic and folkloric context. (Dr Rachel Moss is the Head of the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin).

Meet again at 2:30pm outside St Mel’s Cathedral.

In 2009 St Mel’s Cathedral and the Longford Diocesan Museum were devastated in a fire, with almost 500 artefacts of national and local significance damaged or destroyed.

Carol Smith will explain her role in the excavation and processing of finds on site, which involved the examination of vast quantities of molten coins and fragments of metal, ceramic, glass and stone; and the post excavation work in the National Museum of Ireland; Collins Barracks. (Carol Smith is an archaeological conservator at the National Museum of Ireland).

Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers.

To RSVP and for more details contact Jenny Greiner: greiner.jenny@gmail.com

Join us for Thursday Talks on Conservation Topics.

Lauren Buttle, Kress Fellow at Trinity College Library Conservation Department, will discuss the conservation of papyrus Egyptian Books of the Dead.

Mary Teehan, E-RIHS coordinator (Ireland) and Archaeology 2025 Strategy coordinator, will present The European Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) - a new portal for conservation science. 

Open to all members. Non-members are very welcome €5

A 1 day training programme provided by DHR Communications for members of ICRI who engage, or seek to engage, with the media. Topics covered include: an introduction to social media; an overview of writing for the web/blogging; tips and techniques for broadcast media interviews; and dealing with media queries.

The cost is €50.

To book a place please contact: levequee@tcd.ie

Join us for 2 Thursday talks:

The Guercino Research and Conservation Project, presented by Simone Mancini, Head of Conservation, National Gallery of Ireland

Simone will discuss a collaborative conservation and research project between NGI and J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angelos.  A team comprising conservators, curators, and scientists from both institutions are conserving and researching 'Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph' by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666), known as Guercino. Art historical study is facilitated by both the Denis Mahon archives in Dublin, and the Getty Research Institute.

Conservation-restoration of furniture, gilding and decorative woodwork for the National Trust at Mount Stewart House, presented by Fergus Purdy, specialist in the treatment of furniture and wooden objects. 

Fergus will discuss his contribution to the recent comprehensive conservation programme at the Mount Stewart House, a National Trust property in Co. Down.

Open to all members.

Non-members are very welcome - €5.

Join Simone Mancini, Head of Conservation at the National Gallery of Ireland  and his team for a guided tour of the Conservation Department and learn about the current projects.

To reserve your place please email Jenny Greiner

Maximum 13 people