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In 2018 the University Pretoria of launched a master’s degree in Tangible Heritage Conservation to support heritage conservation efforts of the country and continent. The degree, an African first, was made possible by the support of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, which has been involved in South African higher education for the past 30 years. \u00a0 (left to right) Mr Christopher Till (Director...

The Covid-19 pandemic may have brought the art world to a temporary halt, yet despite this global challenge nearly every major art institution has commenced with virtual art tours and one can escape from home onto online artworks from The Louvre in Paris to the Met in New York. The disruptions caused by the virus are harmful not only to people and their well-being, but also to the crucial...

Underpinning the daily curatorial and collections responsibilities of the University of Pretoria (UP) Museums is the work of conservators. It is the duty of the museum conservators to safeguard, protect, conserve and preserve more than 120 000 artefacts, objects and artworks in the institution’s diverse collections. UP is one of few institutions in higher education that have a dedicated museum art...

Underpinning the daily curatorial and collections responsibilities of the University of Pretoria (UP) Museums is the work of conservators. It is the duty of the museum conservators to safeguard, protect, conserve and preserve more than 120 000 artefacts, objects and artworks in the institution’s diverse collections. UP is one of few institutions in higher education that have a dedicated museum art...