Access to Contemporary Art Conservation is a sub-project within the two-year European project PRACTICs (2009-2011).

It is generally known that the public is interested in stories of the making of art. There are many examples of well-liked movies on ‘the artist at work’. The Inside Installations exhibition in Kröller-Müller Museum in 2006-07 was successful; in the national press in The Netherlands it was even in the top-five of most appreciated exhibitions of the year. This sub-project will establish a relationship with diverse public target groups in matters of conservation-presentation, guide museum visitors through interesting questions of conservation-presentation and increase public appreciation of contemporary art.

The results of Access2CA will be:

- a seminar in Ljubljana on December 10, 2009

- at least 2 (multi)media museum visitors’ tours using innovative technology.

- a short documentary film on the subject of conservation of contemporary installations.

- a good practice document

- a series of 6 lectures and 6 public debates in various countries on the issues faced by conservators of contemporary art

Any specific questions relating to Access2CA can be sent to PRACTICs project coordinator Karen te Brake-Baldock via email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information see the following links:

Ljubljana seminar - announcement and registration

Ljubljana seminar - programme