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The '''Getty Conservation Institute''' (GCI), in [[Los Angeles, California]], is a program of the [[J. Paul Getty Trust]]. It is headquartered at the [[Getty Center]] but also has facilities at the [[Getty Villa]]. It commenced operation in 1985.<ref name=GCI>J. Paul Getty Trust. [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/institute/ About the Conservation Institute.] Retrieved May 2, 2011.</ref> The GCI is a private international research institution dedicated to advancing (contracted; show full)n of photographs has as one of its objectives the creation of an "Atlas of Analytical Signatures of [[List of photographic processes|Photographic Processes]]" which will provide "a precise chemical fingerprint of all the 150 or so ways pictures have been developed."<ref>Getty Conservation Institute. [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/photocon/ Research on the conservation of photographs.] October 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2008.</ref><ref>Kennedy, Randy. [http
s://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/arts/design/01kenn.html Arsenic and old photos.] ''New York Times'', April 1, 2007.</ref> As a part of that project, Getty scientists once examined the world's first photograph from nature by [[Nicéphore Niépce]].<ref>Lyden, Jacki, and Dusan Stulik. [http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2002/mar/photograph/ Analyzing the world's first photograph. Precious image studied at Getty Institute in Los Angeles.] National Public Radio, Apri(contracted; show full)ng public awareness, contributing new, broadly applicable information to the field, and supporting cultural heritage" and "must be executed in collaboration with partners… who must be serious about their efforts… so that projects are assured of continuing after the Getty's involvement ceases."<ref name=Adams/> Among other completed GCI field projects were efforts to preserve the [[Mogao Caves]] and [[Yungang Grottoes]] in China (announced in 1989);<ref>Wilson, David S. [http
s://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2D7133FF933A15752C0A96F948260 Getty Trust and Chinese.] ''New York Times'', January 20, 1989. Retrieved August 24, 2008.</ref> to restore prehistoric [[Rock Paintings of Sierra de San Francisco|rock paintings of Sierra de San Francisco]] in [[Baja California Sur]] (1994);<ref>Archeology: Getty to fund work on Mexican art site. ''Los Angeles Times'', July 14, 1994.</ref><ref>Getty Conservation Institute. [http://getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/baja/index.html Rock art of Baja California (1994-1996).] Retrieved August 24, 2008.</ref> and to protect ancient buildings and archaeological sites in [[Iraq]] following the start of the [[Iraq war]] (2004).<ref>Sisario, Ben. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DB1631F935A25750C0A9629C8B63 Arts briefing.] ''New York Times'', March 16, 2004. Retrieved August 26, 2008.</ref>

== Dissemination of information ==
(contracted; show full)lifornia. Records comprise reports, meeting materials and handouts, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, contracts, publication development and design material, images, and training materials, dating 1994-2007, created and maintained by the Field Projects Division of the Getty Conservation Institute. The materials concern the development, operation, and results of Field Projects’ Recording, Documentation, and Information Management (RecorDIM) Initiative.

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