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We know you’ve been meaning to get that submission together, and now you have a little more time!

We are looking forward to hearing about all your Back to Basics, Outside the Box ideas, projects, materials, solutions, stories, and tools – so please get them to us by this Friday, May 15^th! Remember – the conference is only as good as what our community chooses to share, so help make this conference as good as San Francisco sourdough!

In case you haven’t already heard - The 10^th biennial International Mountmakers Forum conference will be held in San Francisco on November 3-5, 2026, hosted by the Asian Art Museum.

This is the week.

We know you’ve been meaning to get that submission together, and now is the time!

We are looking forward to hearing about all your Back to Basics, Outside the Box ideas, projects, materials, solutions, stories, and tools – so please get them to us by this Friday, May 15^th! Remember – the conference is only as good as what our community chooses to share, so help make this conference as good as San Francisco sourdough!

In case you haven’t already heard - The 10^th biennial International Mountmakers Forum conference will be held in San Francisco on November 3-5, 2026, hosted by the Asian Art Museum.

Formed in 2018, the MWG is a community of collection care, conservation, natural and applied science, as well as allied professionals united in developing guidelines and best practices for selecting, evaluating, and disseminating materials used in collection care. 

The November meeting will follow a similar structure of previous meetings to include collaboration, updates on subcommittee work, and breakout sessions for developing content to help choose appropriate materials for use with cultural heritage collections. The program is in development, but is planned to cover 2 full days of content. The meeting will focus on specific task-based subcommittee work including: Materials Testing, Analytical Instrumentation, Exhibition Guidelines, Materials Fact Sheets on CAMEO, outreach resources, bibliographic references and more.  

The Steering Committee is planning to include a Flash Presentation session during the meeting. The session will consist of several brief presentations delivered in quick succession, with all questions held until the end. The goal…

2025 AIC MWG/IMF Collaborative Forum:

Mountmaking Materials: Coatings and Barriers

Thursday, April 3,  2025

3-5:30p EST

Virtual, free