CollAsia Courses

Conserving heritage collections is vital to ensure that they are in good condition, accessible, and therefore ready to serve present and future communities of users to their fullest potential. This is no easy task, given the wide variety of materials and manufacturing techniques of heritage artefacts, and the multiple environmental hazards (chemical, biological, physical) they are exposed to. Understanding the underlying principles of key...

This groundbreaking international course aims to accelerate, increase and amplify activities that support sustainable development within the context of collections-based work. By participating in the course, professionals and organizations in charge of heritage collections will be better equipped to make a genuine difference in the global race to address pressing environmental and social issues. Conservation has a central role to play in this...

Over 60% of museum collections worldwide are at risk because of overcrowding and poor storage conditions. In this situation, museums cannot ensure the protection of their collections, especially in emergency situations. In addition, with up to 90% of their collections hidden away and unaccessible in storage, museums are missing out this essential resource for connecting with their communities.

Amid the current pandemic, many cultural heritage institutions find themselves vulnerable to the risks of fire, flood, typhoons, earthquakes, and other such hazard events. The threats are however, not just limited to natural hazards, but also include man-made causes like looting, chemical explosions and armed conflicts. Often, heritage professionals are confronted with complex scenarios, where one hazard overlaps with another to create an even...

Heritage collections bear testimony to our diversity, ingenuity, and history. They are a powerful resource for education, fostering creativity, social coherence, and well-being. It is our job to use and conserve them in the best possible way to achieve these goals.

Photographic and Archival Collections cover historical, artistic and identity-building values transformation over time, recorded through a huge amount of documents.

The CollAsia programme aims at conserving heritage collections in Southeast Asia through conservation training and research activities, to shape sound and sustainable conservation actions for the Asia-Pacific Region. The course objective is to enhance the preservation of moveable heritage, to encourage the well-informed use of materials and skills, helping those who care for moveable collections to make effective and wise choices in selecting...

Textiles and costumes are a vibrant part of the heritage collections in Southeast Asia. They attest to sophisticated traditional knowledge systems and complex worldwide trade relations, and have been intimately linked to issues of identity through time.

The CollAsia programme aims to conserve Heritage Collections in Southeast Asia, through conservation training and research activities to shape solid and sustainable conservation actions for the Asia-Pacific Region. The focus is on improving scientific literacy and critical thinking skills among the diverse professionals caring for Southeast Asian heritage collections.

The CollAsia programme aims at conserving Heritage Collections in Southeast Asia, through conservation training and research activities to shape sound and sustainable conservation actions for the Asia-Pacific Region.