Conservation
50th anniversary of the Florence Flood: Memories from a drowned world
An oral history project on the 1966 disaster captures conservators’ stories of weeping officials and guards unknowingly treading on an Old Master
Rodin’s working methods revealed as his dancers give up their secrets
Scrutiny of clay figures and plaster casts shows how artist reused limbs and torsos
How the Townley Venus's thumb was knocked off at the British Museum
One of institution's most important sculptures, now restored, was damaged by external catering team setting up for corporate event
The man who spent 40 years preserving Palmyra’s past
Polish archaeologist Michal Gawlikowski on his hopes for the war-torn city and his friendship with murdered scholar Khaled al-Asaad
Concrete-encased Cadillac stops traffic in Chicago
Restored Fluxus work launches city-wide celebration of public art
Croatian heritage has a friend in Britain
Over the past 25 years, the International Trust for Croatian Monuments has raised more than £500,000 to repair the ravages of war
‘Rescue archaeologists’ head to Iraq
First group of Iraqis trained by British Museum staff return home
New York museum and galleries celebrate Richard Pousette-Dart centenary
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, the late artist’s foundation has also undertaken the conservation of his hospital triptych Presence, Healing Circles
Researchers burst Moholy-Nagy’s bubbles at the Guggenheim
Conservators and plastics experts worked together to examine the warps and flaws in the artist's Plexiglas experiments
Artist transforms French cathedral treasury into an Aladdin’s cave of colour
Jean-Michel Othoniel used his trademark coloured beads to create an immersive environment
Curtain rises on Buddha restoration
Visitors to Boston will see conservators at work
Weimar blazes a trail with restoration of burned books
Library has saved half a million pages since major fire of 2004
Science, then and now, reveals marvels of Medieval manuscripts
Fitzwilliam’s anniversary exhibition breaks ground across the centuries
Cleaning of Chandos Portrait could confirm what Shakespeare looked like
The relic-like painting of the Bard, which hung in the Duke's Theatre in the 1660s, was the first work donated to London's National Portrait Gallery upon its founding
Earthquake in Myanmar damages at least 100 Buddhist pagodas
Tremors from the earthquake were felt in Thailand, India and Bangladesh
Dambulla temple in Sri Lanka will not be stripped of Unesco world heritage status
Organisation issues statement after international press raised concerns that the holy site could be delisted<br> <br>
Former French culture minister calls for halt to restoration of Galerie Vivienne
The character of the 19th-century glass-covered gallery, a National Historic Monument, would be wiped out by the renovation, Jack Lang says
Fears over the future of a Keith Haring mural in New York
The director of the artist’s foundation once called the piece “a lexicon of his vocabulary”
Stone-age skier irreparably damaged by well-intentioned youth
Two minors carved over a pictogram at one of Norway’s most important archaeological sites
Louvre-Lens to restore Le Brun lost after the French Revolution
Painting of Christ once owned by the Sun King went missing for 200 years and was almost completely obscured by age and layers of dirt
All aboard the Mary Rose: Henry VIII’s fully restored warship opens to the public
Visitors will be able to see the Tudor king's favourite vessel up close as protective barriers come down
Seventeen Le Corbusier buildings named World Heritage Sites by Unesco
The stark Modernist structures are on the conservation list along with other sites in the Caribbean, India and Brazil