ICOM-CC 14th Triennial Meeting ‘Our Cultural Past – Your Future!’ 12 – 16 September 2005 The Hague, The Netherlands The ICOM-CC Triennial Meeting ‘Our Cultural Past – Your Future!’ will be an inspiring and memorable event that will bring you up to speed on the state of the art in the fields of conservation and restoration. The programme of the 14th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM-Conservation Committee is completed. The congress offers plenary sessions on 4 themes: Involvement of Society in Conservation, Some Dutch Cases, Museums and Emergency Situations and Museums and Public Engagement in Conservation. Members of the 22 working groups have been expanding their expertise and knowledge of conservation and restoration on all fronts. The achievements of these three years will be presented e.g. new results on the research on iron gall ink corrosion - InkCor Project Working Group Graphic documents new database approach for making the contents of a documentary source widely accessible: Historical Recipe Database with ground recipes for oil painting Working Group Documentation a study of red lake paints after Vincent van Gogh Working Group Paintings the analysis of early synthetic dyes Working Group Textiles results of the AXA Art Conservation Project Working Group Modern Materials educating conservators for a lifelong commitment Working Group Education and Training Risk assessment: application to an historic building and its collections and the consequences for preservation management Working Group Preventive Conservation The complete programme of the congress and a press registrationform are available on our website: www.icom-cc2005.org All bona fide media representatives are granted free registration. Please register now! Special press on Friday 9 September, 11.00 am, GEM Museum voor actuele kunst, The Hague. We hope to see you in September! The Local Organizing Committee Attn. Marina Raymakers, communications Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage Amsterdam, The Netherlands E [log in to unmask] T +31 20 305 46 96 M +31 06 29 01 79 76