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Getty Conservation Institute
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)te. [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/photocon/ Research on the conservation of photographs.] October 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2008.</ref><ref>Kennedy, Randy. [https://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
s://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, April 7, 2002. Retrieved August 26, 2008.</ref> Using [[X-ray fluorescence]] spectroscopy, reflectance [[Infrared_spectroscopy#Fourier_transform_infrared_spectroscopy|Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy]], and other techniques during the 2002-2003 project, they found (for example) that [[bitumen of Judea]] was pres(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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