I spent last week in Lisbon attending the International Council of Museum’s Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) 16th Annual Triennial Conference. It was a really great week not only for the conference but also for all of the interesting folks I met along the way (and, of course, the city!).   

I was particularly glad to meet Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) editor Sarah Everts, who writes the blog “Artful Science.”  I’ve been a long-time fan of her important coverage of the intersection between science and art.  She’s provided a great write up of the conference in three blog posts (images above grabbed from her blog).  Here they are, go read all three!

• In Lisbon, Cultural Heritage Science’s Biggest Conference Gets Going
• Using A Digital Light Projector To Restore Mark Rothkos Paintings
• Conserving Contemporary Art … And Your Favorite Mix-Tape