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The Master's in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage comprises nine specialisations in conservation and a track Technical Art History. Some of these are relatively unique worldwide, such as Contemporary Art, Historic Interiors and Photography. In addition, it is also possible to obtain a so-called 'free master', tailor-made to support a student's ambition in, for example, conservation science or preventive conservation.
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Contemporary Art
Conservation and restoration of contemporary art is a complex and challenging field of expertise. It deals not only with modern materials, new media, and innovative art forms, but also concerns working with artists, ...Read more -
Glass and Ceramics
Ceramic was the first synthetic material; the result of subjecting clay to fire to produce artificial stone. It is the oldest material that humanity created and has been central in our social, industrial and ...Read more -
Historic Interiors
Students of this specialisation are rarely present in the Ateliergebouw. They work mainly on scaffolding in various buildings throughout the country. As the techniques in this specialisation are very diverse, ...Read more -
Metals
The Metal students alternately work on site on large objects and in the Ateliergebouw on smaller objects. The varied properties of metal and the complexity of the objects, for example the use, significance and ...Read more -
Paintings
The act of painting is a mode of expression that has been used by humans since the Stone Age. By mixing a bit of colored powder, pigment, with medium and applying this paint on a surface, artists can represent their ...Read more -
Photography
In the past 175 years of photography countless photographic processes both monochrome and colour, have been discovered and used by scientists, professional photographers, amateurs and artists. Some processes were ...Read more -
Textiles
Textile objects exist in countless forms and have diverse properties. They may be very old and come from archeological excavations, appear in contemporary visual arts, or everything in between. Costumes can tell us ...Read more -
Wood and Furniture
The wood and furniture course aims to train conservators-restorers of either wooden objects in general or of wooden objects in a more narrow type of object, such as ethnography, picture frames or ships’ models.Read more -
Technical Art History
Technical Art History focuses on an artwork as a physical object: we study the materials, techniques and production methods that went into its making.Read more