Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
- Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) is a Belgian federal institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO). The institute studies and conserves the artistic and cultural assets of Belgium. Its mission consists in research and public service. The personnel of the institute consists of historians of art, photographers, chemists, physicists and conservators - restaurators. Myriam Serck is the General Director of the institute.
History
The institute was established in 1948 as the "Central Iconographic Archives of National Art and the Central Laboratory of Belgian Museums" (ACL). In 1957 the ACL becomes one of the ten national scientific institutions under the name "Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage" (KIK-IRPA). The building of the institute, finished in 1963, was the first in the world specially designed to promote the interdisciplinary approach to works of art. The building was designed by architect Charles Rimanque based on an initial technical concept by René Sneyers.
Departments
The institute consists of three departments:
* Documentation: inventory and photography studio, databases, valorization and communication
* Laboratories: materials and technics, research on methodology of conservation and maintenance of monuments
* Conservation and restoration: paintings, sculptures and art industry
ee also
* Culture of Belgium
* Cultural heritage
References
* [http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/Site_irpa/En/Info/Hist.htm History of the institute]
External links
* [http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/Site_irpa/En/IndexEN.htm Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage]
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