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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), 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. [https://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 present in the image.<ref name=Ransom>Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. [http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/wfp/conservation.html The first photograph: conservation and preservation.] Retrieved August 26, 2008.</ref>

== Education and training ==
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The following are selected books published by GCI:<ref>Getty Conservation Institute. [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/pdf_publications/ "PDF publications"]. Received June 1, 2011.</ref>
* Ward, Philip R. ''The nature of conservation: a race against time''. Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1986. 
{{ISBN  |0941103005}}
* ''The conservation of tapestries and embroideries: proceedings of meetings at the Institut royal du patrimoine artistique, Brussels, Belgium, September 21-24, 1987''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1989. {{ISBN  |0892361549}}
* Cather, Sharon.  ''The conservation of wall paintings: proceedings of a symposium organized by the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Getty Conservation Institute, London, July 13-16, 1987''. Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1991. {{ISBN  |089236162X}}
* Beley, Ennis, and Jeffrey Levin. ''Picture LA: landmarks of a new generation''. Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1994. {{ISBN  |0892363053}}
* Klein, Kathryn. ''The unbroken thread: conserving the textile traditions of Oaxaca''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1997. {{ISBN  |0892363800}}
* Corzo, Miguel Angel. ''Mortality immortality?: the legacy of 20th-century art''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1999. {{ISBN  |0892365285}}
* Dorge, Valerie, and Sharon L. Jones. ''Building an emergency plan: a guide for museums and other cultural institutions''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 1999. {{ISBN  |0892365293}}''
* Lavédrine, Bertrand, Jean-Paul Gandolfo, and Sibylle Monod. ''A guide to the preventive conservation of photograph collections''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2003. {{ISBN  |0892367016}}
* Schweidler, Max, and Roy L Perkinson. ''The restoration of engravings, drawings, books, and other works on paper''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2006. {{ISBN  |0892368357}}
* Rainer, Leslie and Angelyn Bass Rivera editors. ''The Conservation of Decorated Surfaces on Earthen Architecture''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2006. {{ISBN  |978-0-89236-850-1}}
* Caneva, Giulia, Maria Pia Nugari, and Ornella Salvadori. ''Plant Biology for Cultural Heritage: Biodeterioration and Conservation''. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, 2009. {{ISBN  |978-0-89236-939-3}}

Here is a selection of courses by GCI:<ref>Getty Conservation Institute. [http://www.getty.edu/conservation/education/arch_records/index.html "Architectural Records, Inventories, and Information Systems for Conservation"]. Retrieved June 1, 2011.</ref>
*ARIS (International Course on Architectural Records, Inventories and Information Systems for Conservation)

==Senior staff==
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(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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