The first heritage preservation congress of 2019 intends to focus on the Indian scenario of practical heritage preservation. It would also share basic knowledge and skills for preservation of archival and museum collections.
This page would be updated as we finalize the discussion topics, speakers, schedule and venue.
Dates: 5 March 2019 to 7 March 2019
Venue:
Day 1 (5 March) – Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh
Day 2( 6 March) – Le Corbusier Centre, Sector 19, Chandigarh
Day 3 (7 March) – Government Museum and Art Gallery
Organizers:
Schedule
| Day 1, Session 1 : 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Panel discussion on “Understanding Heritage Conservation in Indian Scenario” Panelists: Dr. Rajwanti Mann, Dr. Jaspal Kaur, Dr. Monika Sharma, Ms. Seema Gera, Ar. Deepika Gandhi, Ms. Namita Jaspal | |
| Day 1, Session 2 : 2:30pm – 4:30 pm Tour of Government museum and Art gallery, Presentation on Preventive conservation, Display of archival conservation grade material | |
| Day 2, Session 1: 11:00am – 11:45 am Wall Painting conservation: The Shekhawati Project Presenters : Harpreet Tanday , Léa Marie 11:45 am – 12:15 pm A case study of conservation of wall paintings from Switzerland/Italy Presenter : Harpreet Tanday | |
| Day 2, Session 2: Practical conservation | |
| Day 3, Session 1 : Visit to the Architecture museum, Group discussion on preservation issues in display cases and storage area | |
| Day 3, Session 2: Discussion and sum-up on “Collection Management” |
Panel
Dr. Rajwanti Mann 
Seema Gera 
Ar. Deepika Gandhi 
Dr. Jaspal Kaur 
Dr. Monika Sharma 
Namita Jaspal
Speakers from The Shekhawati Project
Stay arrangements at:
Jeannerette’s House
The house of Chandigarh’s first Chief Architect, Pierre Jeanneret has been converted into a museum. The Swiss-born architect Pierre Jeanneret, a cousin of Le Corbusier, was instrumental in the design and development of the capital city of Chandigarh.
He remained in Chandigarh from February 1951 to August 1965, and designed most of the government housing, schools, colleges, shopping centres, Gandhi Bhawan, Panjab University, and other infrastructure besides supervising the implementation of Le Corbusier’s designs of the Capitol Complex, Museum and Art Gallery, College of Art, City Centre, etc. Such was Jeanneret’s love for the city that as per his ‘will’ his ashes were immersed in the Sukhna Lake of Chandigarh after he died in 1967.
During his stay in Chandigarh he lived in a self-designed House number 57 in Sector 5, from December 1954 to August 1965. Le Corbusier too used to stay in this house during his visits to Chandigarh every year.
Registration
Cost of Tickets: Rs 5000/- (covers the cost of arrangements for congress of three days)
Discount for students: For students, the registration fee is Rs.1500/- (excluding stay)
Registrations can be made on spot at the first day of the congress.
Tickets can be purchased here also
March 2019 Workshop
$70.00