San Gemini Book & Paper Conservation School

Training for Conservators and Restorers of Library and Archival Materials: September 16, 2024 – May 23, 2025

The San Gemini Book and Paper Conservation School will offer an intensive training program in the field of restoration and preventive conservation of books and paper. Students will become proficient in the basic skills necessary to be a conservator/restorer of books and documents made with Western paper technology from the 16th Century to the present and with Italian restoration tradition and philosophy.

The program will be offered over the course of an entire academic year (nine months) and will be held in the town of San Gemini in Umbria, Italy. The 5 days per week intensive course-work will include theoretical instruction in the classroom and practical training in workshops. All instruction will be done in English, in-person, in San Gemini.

For more information: https://www.sangemini-bp.org/