Specialization Within The Profession
The profession of conservation-restoration is broad and encompasses many areas of speciality. Specialities may include:
- Architectural conservation
- Historic paint analysis
- Book and paper conservation
- Conservation science
- Electronic media conservation
- Digital preservation
- Film preservation
- Media preservation
- Phonograph record preservation
- Frame conservation
- Furniture conservation
- Ivory conservation
- Horological conservation
- Conservation and restoration of metals
- Conservation and restoration of silver objects
- Conservation and restoration of copper-based objects
- Conservation and restoration of ferrous objects
- Natural science conservation
- Object conservation (archaeological, ethnographic, and sculptural)
- Painting restoration
- Photograph conservation
- Preventive conservation
- Stained glass conservation
- Textile preservation
- New media art preservation
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