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External INSTITUTION Courses

The following independent institutions offer courses of interest to conservation professionals. This list is for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement. To see a list of FAIC courses and co-sponsored courses, click here.  

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Contact: Cindy Bienvenue
Tel: (202) 517-0202
E-mail: cbienvenue@achp.gov

Adventures in Preservation (AiP)
1557 North Street
Boulder, CO 80304 USA
Tel: +1 (303) 444-0128
E-mail: trips@adventuresinpreservation.org

American Academy in Rome
In the USA
7 East 60 Street
New York, NY 10022-1001 USA
Tel/Fax: +1 (212) 751-7200

In Italy
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153, Roma Italy
Tel: +39 06 58461
Fax: +39 06 5810788

American Academy of Bookbinding
117 North Willow Street
Telluride, CO 81435 USA
Tel: +1 (970) 728-8649
E-mail: aab@ahhaa.org

ARCUS Leadership Academy
2101 L Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20037, USA
Website: https://arcusleaders.com

Athabasca University
1 University Drive
Athabasca AB T9S 3A3, Canada
Tel: (800) 788-9041

The Attingham Trust
In the UK
70 Cowcross St.
London EC1M 6EJ, UK
Tel: +44 20 7253 9057
Contact: Rebecca Parker, rebecca.parker@attinghamtrust.org

In the USA - American Friends of Attingham
205 Lexington Avenue., Suite 1600
New York, NY 10016, USA
Tel: +1 (212) 682 6840
Contact: admin@americanfriendsofattingham.org

Balkan Heritage Field School
7 Tulovo, 5th Floor, Apt.7
1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: +359 877 725 052, 898 681 366

Beloit College
Attn: Dr. Nuria Sanjuan, Director of Summer Programs
Center for Collections Care
700 College St.
Beloit, WI 53511
Tel: 608-363-2373
Email: sanjuann@beloit.edu

Canadian Association for the Conservation of Cultural Property (CAC)
207 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON K2P, Canada



Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI)
1030 Innes Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1B 4S7 Canada
Tel: +1 (613) 998-3721
Toll-free in Canada: 1-866-998-3721
Fax: +1 (613) 998-4721
TTY/TDD: 819-997-3123

Centre for Photographic Conservation
233 Stanstead Road
Forest Hill
London SE23 1HU, UK
Tel: +44(0)20-8690 3678
E-mail: xfa59@dial.pipex.com or cphotoconservation@cpc-moor.com
Website: www.cpc-moor.com

City & Guilds of London Art School
Head of Conservation: Dr. Marina Sokhan
124 Kennington Park Road
London SE11 4DH, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7735 2306
Email: admissions@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk
Website: www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk

Cultural Heritage Imaging
2325 3rd Street, Ste. 323
San Francisco, CA 94107
E-mail: training@c-h-i.org

Danube University Krems – the University of Continuing Education
Donau-Universität Krems
Dr. Karl-Dorrek Str. 30
3500 Krems, Austria
Tel: +43 (0)2732 893 6000
Fax: +43 (0)2732 893 4000
Email: info@donau-uni.ac.at

Gawain Weaver Art Conservation
18 Greenfield Avenue
San Anselmo, CA 94960 USA
Tel: 1+ (415) 446-9138
E-mail: info@gawainweaver.com

The Getty Conservation Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA, 90049-1684 USA
Tel: +1 (310) 440-7325
E-mail: gciweb@getty.edu

George Eastman Museum
900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
Tel: +1 (585) 271-3361

Geosciences Institute IGEO (CSIC, UCM)
Ciudad Universitaria
C/José Antonio Nováis 12
28040 Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 91 3944903
E-mail: info@igeo.ucm-csic.es

Hooke College of Applied Sciences
850 Pasquinelli Drive
Westmont, IL 60559-5539 USA
Tel: +1 (630) 887-7100
Fax: +1 (630) 887-7412
E-mail: education@hookecollege.com

Hornemann Institute
Kesslerstrasse 57
31134 Hildesheim
Germany
Tel: +49 5121 408174
Email: fortbildung@hornemann-institut.de

ICCROM
Via di San Michele, 13
00153 Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 06 58553410
Fax: +39 06 58553349

Image Permanence Institute (IPI)
Rochester Institute of Technology
GAN-2000
70 Lomb Memorial Dr
Rochester, NY 14623 USA
Tel: +1 (585) 475-5199
E-mail: ipiwww@rit.edu

Integrated Platform for the European Research Infrastructure oN Culture Heritage – iperiON CH Project
Coordination Office: Elisabetta Andreassi elisabetta.andreassi@ino.it
Project Communications Officer: Emilio Cano ecano@cenim.csic.es
Responsible for Training: Rocco Mazzeo rocco.mazzeo@unibo.it
Events: Jorgen Wadum j.wadum@smk.dk

International Academic Projects
1 Birdcage Walk
London, SW1H 9JJ UK
Tel: +44 (207) 380-0800
E-mail: info@academicprojects.co.uk

International Conservation Center – Citta di Roma
Saleh el-Basri Street
Old Acre, Israel
Tel: +972 (4) 981-7322 from abroad
(04) 981-7322 within Israel
E-mail: info@conservationcenter.org.il

International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
3 Birdcage Walk
Westminster
London, SW1H 9JJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7799 5500
Fax: +44 (0)20 7799 4961
E-mail: yunsun.choi@tate.org.uk

International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies
203 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215 USA
US Tel: +1 (718) 768-3508 (Sep to May)
Italy Tel: +39 (342) 692-1504 (May to Sep)
Academic information: Prof. Max Cardillo, mcardillo@iirpsemail.org 
Applications: Polly Withers, pwithers@iirpsemail.org

International Preservation Studies Center
(Formerly known as the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies)
Matthew Toland, Executive Director
203 E Seminary Street
Mount Carroll, IL 61053 USA
Tel: +1 (815) 244-1173
E-mail: toland@preservationcenter.org

L'Istituto Europeo del Restauro
Castello Aragonese - 80077 Ischia (NA)
Tel/Fax: +39 081 333 4536
Email: info@istitutoeuropeodelrestauro.it
http://www.istitutoeuropeodelrestauro.it



The Leather Conservation Centre 16
University Campus
Boughton Green Road
Northampton, NN2 7AN UK
E-mail: lcc@northampton.ac.uk
www.westdean.org.uk

Leon Levy Foundation Centre for Conservation Studies at Nagaur
Attn: Sreekumar Menon, Program Manager
Nagaur Fort
Rajasthan, RJ 341001, India
E-mail: llfcc@courtauld.ac.uk

Ligatus Summer School
Ligatus Research Centre
CCW Graduate School
University of the Arts London
16 John Islip Street
London, SW1P 4JU UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7514 6432

LYRASIS (online)
1438 West Peachtree Street, NW
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30309 USA
Toll Free: (800) 999-8558 within the USA
E-mail: Annie Peterson, annie.peterson@lyrasis.org

Museum Study, LLC
Brad Bredehoft, CEO
3108 36th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55406 USA
Tel: +1 (612) 790-1645
E-mail: contact@museumstudy.combradbredehoft@museumstudy.com

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
645 University Parkway
Natchitoches, LA 71457 USA
Tel: +1 (318) 356-7444
E-mail: ncptt@nps.gov

The National Heritage Training Group
Contact: Gemma Clayton
Cressing Temple Barns
Witham Road, Braintree
Essex CM77 8PD UK
Tel: +44 03330 132738
E-mail: traditional.buildingskills@essex.gov.uk

National Preservation Institute
P.O. Box 1702
Alexandria, VA 22313 USA
Tel: (703) 765-0100
E-mail: info@npi.org

New York University
The Institute of Fine Arts
The James B. Duke House
1 East 78th Street
New York, NY 10075, USA
Main number: +1 (212) 992-5800
Fax: +1 (212) 992-5807
E-mail: ifa.program@nyu.edu

Northeast Document Conservation Center
100 Brickstone Square
Andover, MA 01810 USA
Tel: +1 (978) 470-1010
E-mail: info@nedcc.org

Northern States Conservation Center, Online Museum Classes
Attn: Peggy Schaller
Tel: +1 (303) 757-7962
E-mail: peggy@collectioncare.org

Queen’s University
Geneva Iklé, Co-Chair, MAC Gilding Workshop Committee
99 University Avenue
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada
Tel: +1 (613) 770-2094
E-mail: 13gi2@queensu.ca

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia
114 Alderman Library
P.O. Box 400103
Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA
Tel: +1 (434) 924-8851
E-mail: rbsprograms@virginia.edu

The School for Bookbinding Arts
at Cat Tail Run Hand Bookbinding
2160 Cedar Grove Road
Winchester, VA 22603
Tel: +1 (540) 662-2683
E-mail: workshops@cattailrun.com

The South African Institute for Heritage Science Conservation
Campus Drive
Twee Riviere
Southern Cape Region, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)42 273 1567
E-mail: info@sainst.org

University of Amsterdam
Programme Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
Johannes Vermeerplein 1
1071 DV Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0) 20 5254899
E-mail: secretariaat-c&r@uva.nl

University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Cultural Planning and Development
Vancouver Campus
410 – 5950 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
Tel: +1 (604) 822-1459

University of Canberra
Faculty of Arts and Design
Heritage, Museums and Conservation Program
University Drive
Bruce Campus
Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
E-mail: Mona Soleymani for course enquiries; fadadmin@canberra.edu.au for bookings

University of Cambridge Museums
Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street
Cambridge, CB2 1RB, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 746642
E-mail: collectionscarecourses@museums.cam.ac.uk

University of Delaware
The Department of Art Conservation
303 Old College
Newark, DE 19716, USA
Telephone: +1 (302) 831-3489
E-mail: art-conservation@udel.edu

University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Tel: +44 0116 223 1987
E-mail: heritagepractice@le.ac.uk

University: University of Malta
Department of Conservation & Built Heritage
Contact person: Jennifer Porter
Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
Tel: +356 2340 2863
Fax: +356 2340 2342
Email: jennifer.porter@um.edu.mt

Courses: MSc in the Conservation of Decorative Architectural Surfaces

University of Michigan Library
University of Michigan Papyrus Collection
807 Hatcher Graduate Library South
913 S. University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190, USA

University of the Peloponnese
Department of History, Archaeology, & Cultural Resources Management
Cultural Heritage Materials and Technologies (CultTech) Program
24 133 Kalamata, Greece
Tel: +30 27210 65145
Fax +30 27210 65112
E-mail: culttech@uop.gr

West Dean College
Conservation Short Course Organizer
West Dean, Chichester
West Sussex PO18 0QZ UK
DDI: +44 1243 818219
E-mail: cpd@westdean.org.uk
www.westdean.org.uk/BCM or www.westdean.org.uk/OMC

Updated June 21, 2023


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