Međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije

European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 (EYCH) label

15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies has been awarded the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 (EYCH) label!

Free admission at a number of museums and galleries

If you are wondering what to do during your free time in Split, take a look at the information here! We have secured free admission at a number of museums and galleries.

Conference bags

Attendees of the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies will receive a bag with the Conference logo. Mladen Čulić, DA, Associate Professor (Department of Conservation-Restoration, Arts Academy, University of Split), is the author of the visual identity of this year's Conference.

Poster of the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies

Mladen Čulić, DA, Associate Professor,  is the author of the visual identity of the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies. Čulić is the Head of the Department of Conservation-Restoratiuon of the Artc Academy, University of Split.

Top conservation-restoration literature at reduced prices!

Archetype Publications Ltd. of London, one of the leading publishers in the field of conservation-restoration of art and antiquities and technical art history, has again prepared a number of attractive titles at discount prices for the Conference participants and/or associated institutions!

The listing of the titles at discount prices can be found here:

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There is no need for you to limit yourself to the titles in the offered list, as you can order any title that can be found on Archetype Publications Ltd. webpage. To obtain information about the price of a non-listed title, please send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The item(s) ordered by April 10, 2018 can be collected at the end of the second day of the Conference on the Archetype stand. The shipping is free.

There are two payment options:

a) in advance by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) (please send the filled-out Pre-Order Form to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.),

b) at the conference, in cash (Kuna or Euro / 1 € = 7,50 kn) (please send a Pre-Order form with your personal/contact information only to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Orders can be placed even during or after the Conference, but the discount prices will only be valid until April 30, 2018. The books will be shipped to you, and you will have to cover the shipping cost. Contact Archetype Publications Ltd. to ask for the cost of shipping: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Orders placed between April 11, 2018 and April 30, 2018 can only be payed by credit card (Visa or MasterCard).

For all questions concerning the ordering of books please contact Sagita Mirjam Sunara, member of the Organising Comimittee of the 15th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Review of the 2017 conference

Students of the Conservation-Restoration Department of the Arts Academy in Split have published three articles concerning the 14th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies on the weblog Stažiranje među umjetninama (Internship Among Artworks):

• Tana Marčeta, "14. Međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije, dan prvi" (published on May 13, 2017) 
• Leonarda Miletić i Marija Curić, "14. Međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije, dan drugi (posjet drvenim kapelama u Turopolju i Pokuplju" (published on May 29, 2017) 
• Ana Marija Lučić, "14. Međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije, dan treći" (published on May 30, 2017)

"Zvonimir Wyroubal" Prize Winners (Zagreb, 2017)

"Zvonimir Wyroubal" Prize winners are: Katarina Milosavljević for the oral presentation "Carved stone from the archaeological collection of the late Middle Ages, Gravestone – Krstaca" (mentor: Mina Jović); Paulina Kralka for the Power Point presentation "The wayang klitik (kerucil) javanese puppet theatre – research and conservation of five puppets from the National Museum of Ethnography in Warsaw collection" (mentor: Jarosław Adamowicz, PhD); Ana Štimac for the poster "Conservation and restoration works on the icon Crucifixion with Saints" (mentor: Tamara Ukrainčik).

The 2017 award was made by Alem Korkut, renowned Croatian sculptor and Associate Professor at the Department for Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. Along with the sculpture, the awarded students received a gift of select conservation literature donated to the Conference by Archetype Publications Ltd.

Portal studentski.hr reports on the 2017 conference

An extensive report on the 14th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies has been published on the portal studentski.hr. Teachers and students who participated in the organization of the conference were interviewed, as well as several conference participants.

Promoting the 2017 conference on radio

Domagoj Šatović, PhD, Head of the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, talked about the 14th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies in the radio show Izvan okvira. You can listen to him here.

List of participating institutions

Department of Conservation-Restoration, Arts Academy, University of Split

Department of Art and Restoration, University of Dubrovnik

Faculty of Restoration, University of Pardubice

Conservation Institute, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest

Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków

Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana

Department of Conservation and Restoration, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Sarajevo

Department of Conservation and restoration, Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Academy of Applied Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade

Department for Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb

Sculptor Alem Korkut designer of the 2017 Zvonimir Wyroubal Award

The 2017 Zvonimir Wyroubal award is made by Alem Korkut, renowned Croatian sculptor and Associate Professor at the Department for Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb. Along with the sculpture, the awarded students will receive a gift of select conservation literature donated to the Conference by Archetype Publications Ltd.

Top conservation literature at reduced prices!

One of the events taking place within the framework of the 14th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies in Zagreb will be the presentation of Archetype Publications Ltd.’s titles by its director Mr. James Black. The books will be displayed on Archetype Publications stand for the whole duration of the Conference, enabling the participants to browse them during breaks.

Archetype Publications Ltd. has grown since 1987 to be one of the leading publishers in the field of conservation and restoration of art and antiquities and technical history of art. At the 11th International Conference of Conservation – Restoration Studies held in Zagreb in 2014, Archetype was for the first time one of the sponsors of the Conference and this successful collaboration has continued through Split (2015) and Dubrovnik (2016) Conferences into this year!

Read more: Top conservation literature at reduced prices!

Review of the 2016 conference

Nikolina Lovrić and Lena Bošković, students of the Conservation-Restoration Department of the Arts Academy in Split, have published two articles concerning the 13th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies, on the weblog Stažiranje među umjetninama (Internship Among Artworks):

• Nikolina Lovrić, "13. međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije, dan prvi"
• Lena Bošković, "13. međunarodna konferencija studija konzervacije-restauracije, drugi i treći dan"

UNIDU TV's report on the 2016 Conference

UNIDU TV, student TV of the University of Dubrovnik, produced a short report on the 13th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies. Click here to view it.

Radio show "Kolokvij" announcing the 2016 Conference

In April 2016, radio show "Kolokvij" hosted Mateo Miguel Kodrič Kesovia and Valentina Roso, members of the Organizing Committee of the 13th International Conference of Conservation-Restoration Studies. Click here to view the show.

"Zvonimir Wyroubal" Prize Winners (Dubrovnik, 2016)

"Zvonimir Wyroubal" Prize winners are: Petar Nevžala for the oral presentation "Conservation and Restoration of Military 'Shako' Hat" (mentors: Danijela Jemo, PhD, and Mateo Miguel Kodrič Kesovia); Martin Siennicki for the Power Point presentation "Investigation, Conservation and Replica of a Late Medieval Great Pavise From the City of Kaufbeuren, Germany" (mentor: Wolfgang Baatz) and Dora Mihanović for the poster "Wooden Gilded Tabernacle, Early 20th Century, Stuflesser Workshop" (mentors: Zvjezdana Jembrih, MA, and Ana Božičević).

Read more: "Zvonimir Wyroubal" Prize Winners (Dubrovnik, 2016)

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Deadline extension for application of oral presentation

We would like to inform you that the application deadline for oral presentation for the 13th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies, which will take place at the Campus of University of Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 21-23, 2016, has been extended until March 21, 2016. 

Review of the 2015 Conference

The students of the Conservation-Restoration Department of the Arts Academy in Split have published four articles concerning the 12th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies, on their weblog Stažiranje među umjetninama (Internship Among Artworks):

• Josip Pašalić and Nikolina Drlje, "Osvrt na studentsku konferenciju: prvi dan"
• Lucija Jurlin, "Osvrt na studentsku konferenciju: drugi dan (obilazak Dioklecijanove palače)"
• Lucija Jurlin and Sagita Mirjam Sunara, "Intervju s Eliom Karamatićem, stručnjakom za stabilizaciju slika na drvu"
• Bernarda Đurić, "Osvrt na studentsku konferenciju: treći dan"

Thank You to our Conference Attendees!

Members of the Organizing Committee, and the teachers and students of the Conservation-Restoration Department of the Arts Academy in Split, would like to thank all delegates for attending the 12th International Conference of the Conservation-Restoration Studies. We greatly appreciate your taking the time and effort to come to Split!