BA Conservation
Conservation experts preserve art works and cultural artefacts. By doing so, they help to safeguard the material cultural memory of our society. Intervention on works of art and their environment calls for well-founded investigations and research. Their aim is to safeguard the existence of the objects for the longest possible time without damage.
Lectures, practical exercises and seminars convey theoretical knowledge; specialized studios and laboratories are available for practical encounters with art works. The range of activity is extensive: from oil paintings, sculptures, textiles, drawings, photographs and books, via audiovisual-based media and synthetic objects, to buildings and their contents that are worthy of preservation.
The Bachelor’s degree provides only limited access to professional activity. It permits participation in conservation and restoration projects under the guidance of the holder of a Master’s degree.
In the final year of the BA, students specialise with a view to the subsequent Master`s degree within the Swiss Conservation-Restoration Campus (Swiss CRC). The MA is then a qualification to enter the profession.
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Office opening hours:
Monday to Thursday
09.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
Perspectives
The professional field of conservation covers various activities, from technological documentation of cultural artefacts, via curating collections, archives and depots to consulting for exhibitions and project planning. Conservation is carried out wherever it is important to secure material cultural memory. Through the students` specialisation and the inclusion of restoration in the Master degree programme, research tasks and direct interventions on objects further expand their working field.
Conservation workers support fully-trained conservators-restorers in their work. They undertake important tasks in the area of preventive conservation, e.g.in the storage, transport and exhibiting of works.
Degree
Students graduate with a Bachelor of Arts UAS in Conservation.
The Bachelor`s degree in Conservation enables graduates to work in various fields of conservation. It is not exclusively a qualification for the professional practice of curative conservation, restoration or the field of the specialisation. The degree is designed to be followed by a Master`s degree. It is the foundation and prerequisite for the Master of Arts in Conservation-Restoration.
