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PŪ MANAAKI KAHURANGI 

NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATORS OF CULTURAL MATERIALs


Aline Curtis

 

Member profile details

Membership level
Full Member
First name
Aline
Last name
Curtis
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Regional Group
Auckland
Business address
43A Emily Street Riverdale Gisborne 4010
Occupation
Book and paper conservator
Specialism/expertise
  • Archives and Library Materials
  • Books
  • Emergency response and planning
  • Paper
  • Parchment
  • Pests
  • Photographic materials
  • Preventive Conservation
  • Taonga Māori
  • Works of Art on Paper
Available for:
Conservation advice and treatment of objects.
About/bio
I am a book and paper conservator, trained in London at the Camberwell College of Arts. I am a pratician since 2007, I worked first in France then in Spain and set up back to France in 2015, after a year in New Zealand and Antarctica.
Since 2022, I am sharing my time between my role as the conservator for the Auckland Council Archives, and freelance projects, both in Gisborne and Auckland.
Qualifications and/or experience
In practice since 2007, worked mainly as a freelance conservator for various projects and institutions in France, Spain and New Zealand :
archives and museums in Andalusia (South of Spain), museums in Nantes, Britanny and Vendée regions in France, Versailles Castle, regional and national archives.
Antarctica Hertiage Trust in 2014 (winter in Antarctica)
Canterbury and Tairawhiti Museum in 2015
Relevant training
Master in book conservation at Camberwell College of Art, London, 2007
Master in History at La Sorbonne, Paris, 2003
Various professional courses about parchment, paper, leather, on both technical and ethical aspects, from 2015-2020.
Distance learning about Preventive Conservation, Udima Online University of Madrid, 2020.
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