Collaborations

The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI)

In collaboration with the Arab Image Foundation, the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute.

Four young women on left side of work table, watching as male instructor to the right of the table demonstrate an enclosure for photographs.

The Middle East Photograph Preservation Initiative (MEPPI) is a strategic multi-year program designed to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the region's photographic heritage. Launched in 2009 with a pilot workshop, it has grown into a multi-faceted initiative with an ambitious program of complementary research and capacity-building objectives. MEPPI is led jointly by the Arab Image Foundation, the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute. MEPPI is supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and additional funding from the Getty Conservation Institute

The Indian Conservation Fellowship Program

In collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (Maastricht, the Netherlands), and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Washington, DC), with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

A Met Museum Fellow stands at a work table typing on laptop, with a photograph laying on the tabletop in the foreground.

Photograph Conservation participates in the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program, welcoming and providing advanced training for Indian conservators in cultural heritage preservation. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg (Maastricht, the Netherlands), and the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Washington, DC), with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of India and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are pleased to offer the Indian Conservation Fellowship Program to Indian citizens engaged in the conservation of works of artistic and cultural heritage in collections under their care. Fellowships are designed to broaden the experience of conservators currently working in art and cultural heritage museums and institutions in India.

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