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Birte Koehler

Heritage Conservation Centre

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since 2024 Senior Conservator & Assistant Director (Organic Objects) 2012-2023 Senior Conservator & Head of Section for objects conservation since 2012 at the _x000d_ Heritage Conservation Centre Singapore_x000d_ _x000d_ 2001-2012 Conservator for wood and furniture including care for musical instruments at the _x000d_ Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany (museum for decorative _x000d_ arts)_x000d_ _x000d_ 1999-2001 Conservator for wood and furniture at the conservation workshop of Barbara _x000d_ Helmrich, Isernhagen/Hannover, Germany_x000d_ _x000d_ 1996 5 month internship with Alfons Huber at the the conservation workshop for _x000d_ musical instruments, Sammlung Alter Musikinstrumente, Vienna, Ausria (museum _x000d_ for musical instruments)_x000d_ _x000d_ 1994-1999 Studies in conservation of wooden artefacts at the Fachhochschule _x000d_ Hildesheim/Holzminden, Germany_x000d_ _x000d_ 1992-1994 Internship in the conservation of furniture and wooden objects at the _x000d_ conservation workshop of Caroline Weiss, Hamburg, Germany_x000d_ _x000d_ 1989-1992 Apprenticeship in carpentry and cabinet-making at the workshop of Karl-Heinz _x000d_ Bloess, Kastorf, Germany