Alternative Climate Controls for Historic Buildings
The goal of this project is to demonstrate the application of controlled ventilation and heating or dehumidification as viable climate control strategies for improving collection environments in historical buildings in hot and humid regions.

Antibody Research
This project uses the analytical technique of Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) to identify proteins in binding media, such as animal glue, egg, and milk, as well as polysaccharides in plant gums.

Asian Organic Colorants
This project aims to develop a strategy for the analysis of organic colorants used as textile dyes and organic pigments in Asia.

Desalination of Porous Building Materials
This project addresses the knowledge gap concerning poulticing of salts from carved stone and wall paintings and works to establish guidelines for conservators on the use of desalination systems for building materials.

Herculaneum Project
This collaborative project aims to provide scientific support through analytical investigations to address specific conservation problems affecting the archaeological site of Herculaneum.

Lime Mortars and Plasters
The general aim of this research project is to enhance knowledge of the fundamental properties and performance of high-calcium lime mortars and plasters in order to provide a wider basis for the appropriate choice of materials and methods in the conservation of this widely used building material.

Magnesian Limestone Project
The goal of the project is to provide a scientific foundation for the development of conservation interventions for magnesian limestone.

Modern Paints
The project addresses questions regarding the character of modern paint materials through the development of analytical techniques for identifying modern paint media and the evaluation of cleaning methods and techniques for modern paintings. Part of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative.

MOSAIKON: A Regional Strategy for the Conservation of Mosaics in the Mediterranean
A partnership of the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, ICCROM, and the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics, this project addresses the need for enhanced capacity in the conservation and management of archaeological mosaics in the Mediterranean region through strategic targeting of priorities and deployment of resources.

Museum Lighting Research
This project seeks to reduce the damage to works of art on paper caused by museum lighting through the reevaluation of current illumination guidelines and the testing and design of new lighting.

Organic Materials in Wall Paintings
The objective of the project is to improve the practice of wall paintings conservation by developing a methodology for identification of organic materials used as binders, which are particularly vulnerable during intervention.

Outdoor Painted Surfaces
The Outdoor Painted Surfaces project aims to improve conservators' understanding of paints used for twentieth- and twenty-first-century outdoor painted works of art and to establish procedures to improve their preservation. Part of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative.

Preservation of Plastics
This long-term project aims to rapidly gather information on the properties of a wide range of plastics to understand why certain plastics are more unstable than others, and to establish protocols that help to slow down this process. Part of the Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative.

Research on the Conservation of Photographs
The goal of this project is to advance techniques for identifying important variations in photographic processes, thereby providing insight into postprocessing chemistry and chemical treatment of photographs.

Salt Research: Mechanisms of Salt Decay and Methods of Mitigation
The objective of this project is to improve scientific understanding of how stone deteriorates due to the action of water and salts, and to develop effective mitigation and conservation procedures.

Last updated: September 2009