With the idea originally founded in 2014, the IIC-International Training Centre for Conservation (IIC-ITCC) is an initiative of the IIC and Palace Museum, Beijing, that offers mid-career conservation professionals the opportunity to promote research and international exchange in the region. Since then, 117 participants from 37 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Oceania have benefited from training workshops held in Beijing, covering topics such as preventive conservation, non-destructive analysis, textiles, paper and photography, archives and photography, and a fifth workshop in 2019, ‘scientific approaches to ceramics and glass’. The global impact and positive contribution of the ITCC training workshops has been recognised and celebrated in ‘Mid-Career scientific training for 21st century conservators: Methodology, research, and practice at the IIC-International Training Centre at the Palace Museum, Beijing’.

Each course has a specific theme, chosen annually to fit with the evolving needs and changing landscape of the profession. Courses include lectures,…