Subject: Instituut Collectie Nederland
I am very sorry to inform you on a recent development in ICN's activities. Our minister of Education and Culture, Mrs. M. van der Hoeven, has decided to stop financing the education of conservator/restorers by ICN. Therefore, ICN has to terminate this activity within a period of four years. ICN's staff will be reduced by 17 percent. This week, these plans will be filed for discussion and approval in our national parliament. As you will understand, I am very disappointed to learn that one of our successful core activities could be cancelled on such a short notice. ICN is the national institution for education and training of the future conservators of our national heritage. Since our four-year programme in conservation started, in 1978, most of our students came to work in our national libraries, archives and museums in the Netherlands and abroad. ICN is working on the realisation of a master's programme in conservation, together with SRAL, and three Dutch universities. Besides, ICN and Rijksmuseum Amsterdam together are designing new premises for restoration, research and conservation education. We are confident that these activities will not be frustrated by the recent developments. Rik Vos General Director Instituut Collectie Nederland Frans Grijzenhout Hoofd Opleidingen Instituut Collectie Nederland Postbus 76709 1070 KA Amsterdam +31 20 3054662 Fax: +31 20 3054620 frans.grijzenhout [at] icn__nl Feel free to send letters with your remarks to: Mrs. M. van der Hoeven Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen Postbus 25000 2700 LZ Zoetermeer Fax: +31 79 3232320 The most important places our graduated students work Amsterdams historisch museum Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Art Conservation B.V. Museum Bronbeek Atelier 'mooie boeken'Amsterdam Nationaal archief Den Haag Bijbels openluchtmuseum Heiliglandstichting Nationaal Fotorestauratie Atelier Bruys meubelrestauratie National Trust UK Bureau voor kleurenonderzoek Nederlands Leder- en Schoenenmusuem Conservation Centre Philadelphia Paswerk Textielrestauratie Haarlem Folkers Vos and Creman PTT museum Den Haag Frans Halsmuseum Regionaal archief Alkmaar Gelders Archief Restauratie atelier Mandy Slager Gelders Oudheidkundig Contact Restauratieatelier Stercken BV Ughelen Gemeente archief Den Haag Restauratieatelier Von Waldthausen Gemeentearchief Amsterdam Rijksarchief Gelderland Gemeentearchief Dublin, Ierland Rijksarchief Noord Brabant Gemeentearchief Nijmegen Rijksarchief Overijssel Gemeentearchief Venlo Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Groninger archieven Rijksmuseum het Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen Helicon conservation support Rijksmuseum Twente Het Archief Nijmegen Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden Het Utrechts Archief Ryksargyf Friesland Historisch Centrum Overijssel Snoek en van Es Restauratie-Ateliers Historisch Museum Rotterdam Stadsarchief Breda Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland Stadsarchief Dordrecht Instituut Collectie Nederland Stadsarchief Zutphen Jonge Eland Papierrestauratie Stedelijk museum Amsterdam Koninklijke Bibliotheek Teylers Museum Legermuseum, Delft Universiteitsbibliotheek Amsterdam Lingbeek and Van Daalen Papierrestauratie Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden Ludwig Forum Aken Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht Maritiem museum Rotterdam Van Goghmuseum Mauritshuis Zeeuws archief Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York *** Conservation DistList Instance 16:33 Distributed: Thursday, November 14, 2002 Message Id: cdl-16-33-001 ***Received on Monday, 11 November, 2002