Core Values
Honoring Cultural Heritage
FAIC promotes the preservation of cultural heritage as a means toward a deeper understanding of our shared humanity.
Equity and Inclusion
FAIC seeks, values, and embraces diverse backgrounds, experience, and perspectives.
Advancing the Field
FAIC promotes the advancement of expert knowledge and skills centered on the examination, documentation, analysis, treatment, and preventive care of cultural heritage. We promote understanding its value and context and stress informed and shared decision-making.
Partnership and Community Engagement
FAIC creates and sustains private and public partnerships that enrich and advance the preservation of cultural heritage.
Building Operational Strength and Sustainability
FAIC embraces sustained, strategic management of our organization, reflecting our responsibilities to conservators, allied professions, partners, the public, and our mission.