The International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies LLC . 

IIRPS About us

The International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies LLC  (IIRPS) is based at 203 Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Its main activity is to organizes independent field schools in the field of restoration and conservation. The organization has existed since 2009 and developed from  the San Gemini Studies Program that was originally sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. We work in collaboration with local and other academic institution institutions to promote studies in the preservation of cultural heritage.    

Courses are aimed at architects, conservators, librarians, planners, art historians, museum curators, historians, engineers, artists, and other individuals who will be involved in the planning, management, and study of cultural heritage.

Our goal is to instruct students, while performing field work that helps preserve the cultural heritage of the local area around the City of San Gemini, on the following:

  •     Methods to analyze cultural objects, both in their physical and contextual aspects

  •     Methods and tools for material restoration and conservation

  •     Strategies for the preservation of cultural heritage

  •     Advantages and drawbacks to restoration

  •     Italian art, architectural, and landscape traditions

Programs are organized around classroom courses, field research, field projects, and travel to places of cultural interest in central Italy.

We have sponsored the following programs:

San Gemini Preservation Studies (SGPS) in San Gemini , Italy

San Gemini Book & Paper Conservation School in San Gemini, Italy

Athens Heritage and Modernity in Athens, Greece

In the past few years, SGPS established relations with West Virginia University, through which students participating in some of our courses are able to receive accreditation through the WVU Art History Department. For more information see accreditation.

Contact us:

Massimo Cardillo: Director

mcardillo@iirpsemail.org

 

Polly Withers: Program Manager

pwithers@iirpsemail.org

 

By mail:

International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies (IIRPS)

San Gemini Preservation Studies

203 Seventh Avenue  #5A

Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA

 

By phone: +1 718 768 3508

Website: www.sangeministudies.org