The inheritance of our society is contained in its cultural heritage. It is therefore our society’s duty to be preserve it. The field of heritage conservation studies of Heritage assets is an emerging theme with great potential for the future. It is, however, difficult to make use of the available technical resources because of lack of preparation. 
This course is centred on managing those resources with studies of cultural conservation. It covers legal issues of general scope, technical resources for the conservation and archaeometric studies of different materials (glass, metal, ceramics), non-destructive evaluation and monitoring techniques as well as specific cases of museum, library or archive management. The course includes practical sessions based on laboratory experiences and technical visits 

Interest areas 
1. Humanities and Social Sciences. 
6. Science and Technology of Materials. 
  
Student profile type 
Grade Student, Doctor or other diploma or degree holder.
  
Director 
Name: M ª Angeles Villegas Broncano 
Email: mariangeles.villegas@cchs.csic.es 
  
Co-Director or Coordinator in the CSIC 
Name: Manuel García Heras 
Email: manuel.gheras@cchs.csic.es 

Secretary
GI CERVITRUM, Instituto de Historia, CCHS-CSIC 
91 6022672 
  
Frequency: Annual 
30 hours: 20 theoretical, 10 practical. 
  

Registration amount: 120 € 

Date: 25/04/2011 

Adress: Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences CCHS, CSIC. Albasanz Street 26-28, 28037 Madrid.

AGENDA 
1. THEORETICAL PART. 
1.1. Management, inventory and conservation of Cultural Heritage in Spain. The case of the CSIC (J.A Ocaña Martínez). 
1.2. Technical resources on the conservation and study of ceramic materials (M. García Heras). 
1.3. Technical resources on the conservation and study of glass (JM Fernández Navarro). 
1.4. Technical resources on the conservation and study of metals (MA Villegas Broncano). 
1.5. Technical resources on evaluation and control. Environmental sensors (M. A. Villegas Broncano). 
1.6. Conservation of bibliographic documents in archives and libraries (P. Martínez Olomo). 
1.7. Conservation in museums (C. Pérez de Andrés). 
  
2. PRACTICAL PART (Water F. Martínez, JF Moreno and P. Martínez Conde Olomo) 
2.1. Processing  simulated ceramic materials for archaeometry. 
2.2. Diagnosis and study of glass diseases.