About the CICRP

Contents:

Missions
Teams and equipment
Governance
Internship requests
Outreach materials and programmes
Practical information

Missions

The CICRP is active in the areas of preventive conservation, curative conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects and buildings, either in the public domain or, if privately owned, having been classified as "Monuments historiques" and thus offered heritage protection by the French state. The CICRP carries out its activities in full compliance with the guidelines set forth within the Code du Patrimoine (French legislation on cultural heritage) and by the French Ministry of Culture.

It intervenes at the request of French museums, the owners or administrators of buildings or other structures classified as "Monuments historiques", archives, libraries, art centres or the FRACs (regional funds for contemporary art).

The CICRP provides both assistance and technical and scientific expertise on behalf of either the owners of or those responsible for cultural objects, collections or monuments. It performs assessments and preliminary studies, offers advice and recommendations, and assists contracting authorities with their conservation and restoration programmes.

The CICRP receives works to be restored in its workshops, which apply all the safeguards and bring to bear all the expertise required for these operations. The equipment and human resources of the CICRP are made available to independent restorers selected by the contracting authorities to carry out restoration work.

In addition, the CICRP conducts studies and research related to the issues of conservation and the alteration of materials found in heritage objects and buildings.

Request for intervention

Any request for an intervention by the CICRP in the areas of research, assessment or restoration must be submitted in the form of an official written application by the contracting authority or person responsible for the cultural property in question and should be sent to Mr Roland May, Executive Director of the CICRP:

by mail to Mr Roland May, CICRP, 21 rue Guibal, F-13003 Marseille FRANCE
or by e-mail to info@cicrp.fr

Staff and equipment

The CICRP is staffed by multidisciplinary teams composed of architectural and fine art conservators, physical and chemical engineers, photographer-radiographers, archivists, technicians and administrative staff, a total of 28 persons (including 23 agents made available by the French state and 5 by the city of Marseille) under the supervision of a scientific director appointed by the French state.

The CICRP has access to state-of-the-art technical and scientific equipment (see the list of this equipment).

Governance

The CICRP is governed by a board of directors and a scientific committee.

The scientific committee guides the development of the CICRP's study and research priorities as well as its approaches to conservation and restoration, makes recommendations and approves definitive programme specifications. It is composed of the following members:

Ex-officio members:

Christophe Dessaux, Head of the Research and Technology Mission of the Ministry of Culture and Communication

Marie-Paule Vial, Director of Museums, City of Marseille

Sylvie Clair, Director of the Marseille Municipal Archives

Bertrand Lavédrine, Director, Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections (CRCC, formerly the Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Documents Graphiques – CRCDG)

Christiane Naffah, Director, Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF)

Isabelle Pallot-Frossard, Director, Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques (LRMH)

François Gasnault, Director, Archives Départementales, Bouches-du-Rhône

Hervé Passamar, Director, Regional Agency for Cultural Heritage (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

François Goven, Inspector-General of Historical Monuments (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Corsica and Languedoc-Roussillon)

Two representatives for the museums of Mediterranean France: Françoise Beck (PACA) and Xavier Fehrnbach (Languedoc-Roussillon)

Two heritage conservators responsible for technical inspection of historical monuments: Laurent Hugues (Languedoc-Roussillon) and Yves Cranga (PACA)

Michel Colardelle, Director, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)

Appointed members:

Ségolène Bergeon, Conservateur Général Honoraire du Patrimoine

Anne van Grevenstein, Limburg Conservation Institute

Floréal Daniel, Institut de Recherche sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT)

Olivier Grauby, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINAM)

Marie Berducou, Maître de Conférences, Université de Paris I

Internship requests

In the context of its activities, the CICRP welcomes the participation of individuals currently enrolled in educational programmes related to its missions.

All internship requests (consisting of a CV accompanied by a letter setting out the applicant's reasons for applying) must be sent by mail to Mr Roland May, Executive Director of the CICRP, no less than two months prior to the desired starting date for the internship and, upon acceptance, will entail the conclusion of an agreement between the educational institution and the CICRP.

Outreach materials and programmes

The CICRP's press kit may be PDF document downloaded here in PDF format (86 KB) in an english version.

This document is also available in a french version, in a german version, in a spanish version, and in an italian version.

In addition, under the heading "Let's talk about it!", the CICRP organises events throughout the year related to its areas of activity, a listing of which may be found on the page entitled "Let's talk about it!".

Practical information

Contact information:

CICRP Belle-de-Mai
21, rue Guibal
F-13003 Marseille FRANCE
Tel.: +33 (0)4 91 08 23 39
Fax: +33 (0)4 91 08 88 64
E-mail: info@cicrp.fr

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Page last updated on 19 June 2009.

CICRP – Centre Interrégional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine
Groupement d'Intérêt Public à Caractère Culturel
21, rue Guibal, F-13003 Marseille FRANCE