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Preventive conservation
- "Cultural Heritage Insect Pests" Data base
- Infestation and reinfestation of relining adhesive used for easel paintings by Stegobium paniceum
  - StegoSIG
- Substitute for ethylene oxide gas
- Substitute for methyl bromide gas
Research and studies
- Research programmes
  - Materials used in contemporary painting: Behaviour and analysis
    - "Dégradations d'une couche peinte composée de latex : cas d'une sculpture en polyuréthanne de Kenjii Yanobe", poster presented Art d'aujourd'hui, patrimoine de demain, S.F.I.I.C. Paris June 2009. (In French)
    - "Limitations of Roman spectroscopy in the degradation assessment of polyurethane artworks", poster presented with Vicente Léal Romero at the LACONA VII Conference in Madrid (September 2007).
    - "Characterisation and accelerated ageing assessment of two twentieth century blue paints", poster presented at the 5^th European Commission Conference on Research for Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage Research held in Krakow, Poland in April 2002.
  - Project Picasso Ripolin, en collaboration avec l'AIC
  - Darkening of lead-based pigments in painted works
  - Medistone: Determination of the origins of stones used in ancient Mediterranean sites and proposed conservation and restoration techniques
  - Alteration of stones due to the crystallisation of soluble salts (in french)
  - BOS project: Boron, oxygen and sulphur (BOS) isotope tracing of internal and external sulphate sources involved in the deterioration of French stone monument
Restorations
Documentation and outreach

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About the C.I.C.R.P.
Topical guides
- General guides
  - Conservation: Preventive conservation – Curative conservation, by Roland May
- Cases studies
  - "En la plaza, femmes à la balustrade", a work of Kees van Dongen in C.I.C.R.P. (only in French)
- Practical guides
  - Methodological guide, about assessment of marking products, published by The "Marking Commission", created by the "Commission de récolements des dépôts d'oeuvres d'art" (C.R.D.O.A.). Document in french, in PDF Format (609 KB).
  - Collection of insect specimens at cultural heritage sites, by Fabien Fohrer
  - Use of U.V. traps to monitor infestation risk, by Fabien Fohrer
- Technical and scientific guides
  - Laser cleaning of stones, by Philippe Bromblet and Thomas Vieweger (sculpture restorer)
  - ICOMOS : Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns (English-French version in PDF, 6.7 Mo. The download-procedure may take some time due to the considerable size of this document)
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Page last updated on 6 October 2009.

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