About the Institute...
The S.A. Institute for Objects Conservation is a specialist training institute, unique in its home country, and of established reputation as a conservation resource facility.
The primary aim of the Institute is to foster expertise in the restoration and conservation of metals, ceramics and paper respectively and, in doing so, to accommodate persons at all levels of attainment - from absolute beginner to trained professional.
Knowledgeable and experienced tutors will attentively consider your aspirations in recommending the appropriate course of training.
Objects conservation is a profession, a science, and a highly practical field of expertise. Along with the IT specialty and others professions of our time, conservation science had gained impetus in recent decades.
In respect to course lengths, The S.A. Institute for Objects Conservation offers an exceptional and proven curriculum path that relies on compact, introductory courses at novice level, supplemented by specialist, mid-career modules that subsequently guide the practitioner’s professional development.
Experience has shown that participants on the Institute’s training courses enrol with diverging objectives: Some enter and pursue objects conservation as a primary career, while others have a supplementary vocation in mind - or perhaps only an active retirement.