Our Partners

PARTNERS:

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

 L’Atelier de Conservation-Restauration d’Œuvres Peintes (Nantes, France)
 The Byzantin and Christian Museum (Athens, Greece)
 The Valamo Art Conservation Institute (Uusi-Valamo, Finland)

Within the framework of the project ICON-NETWORK (2007-2009), funded by the European Union and national resources, the exhibitions "Icons and People in the War Years" and "Icons and People. Heirlooms of Refugees", as well as three icon conservation workshops and conferences, were organised.
All the project results and public events are published in this international web portal www.icon-network.org.

The partners of the project, L’Atelier de Conservation-Restauration d’Œuvres Peintes, France, The Valamo Art Conservation Institute, Finland, and The Byzantine & Christian Museum, Greece, have founded in 2009 the Icon Network Association, in order to continue their work for the protection and dissemination of cultural heritage, beyond the limits of the initial project.

The Valamo Art Conservation Institute (Uusi-Valamo, Finland)

The Valamo Art Conservation Institute was founded in 1984. The State of Finland had the Institute built specifically to meet the needs of the Finnish Orthodox Church, but commissions for other conservation work are also accepted from other clients, such as Lutheran congregations, museums, other organizations, and private individuals.
Although the Institute is generally engaged in conserving works of art painted on wood and canvas, it specializes in icon conservation. It has organized several international congresses on icon conservation and serves as a training facility for students of art conservation.
The Institute employs four art conservators and one research photographer. In addition to conservation work, the Institute provides assessments of condition and damage and conducts inspections of exhibitions. It also engages in x-ray and other research photography and gives instructions for the preservation and care of works of art.

Valamo Art Conservation Institute
Valamontie 42
79850 Uusi-Valamo
Finland
tel.+358-(0)17-5701727
fax.+358-(0)17-5701725

Partners in Finland

 “Icons and People in the War Years” has been arranged within the framework of the Icon Network Project with the support of the 2007-2010 Cultural Program of the European Commission.
 The exhibition and the accompanying book with the same title have also received financial support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and the Church Administration of the Orthodox Church of Finland.

L’Atelier de Conservation-Restauration d’Œuvres Peintes (Nantes, France)

Partners in France

 The presentation of the exhibitions “Icons and People in the War Years” and "Refugee Treasures" in Nantes, the workshop II and the official opening of the portal in Nantes have been arranged within the framework of the Icon Network Project with the support of the 2007-2010 Cultural Program of the European Commission.

 The Atelier de Conservation-Restauration d’Œuvres Peintes has also received the support of "Les Pays de la Loire - Métiers d’Art".

 The event in the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, Nantes History Museum also received financal support from the Museum and from the municipality of Nantes.

 The workshop in Arc’Antique also received support from EPCC - Arc’Antique and the General Council.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens, Greece)

 The presentation of the exhibitions "Refugee Treasures" has been arranged within the framework of the Icon Network Project with the support of the 2007-2010 Cultural Program of the European Commission.

 The Byzantine and Christian Museum is the first national museum devoted to Byzantium. It was founded in 1914, though the processes leading to its creation had begun in the last quarter of the 19th century, at the initiative of the Christian Archaeological Society (XAE). From 1914 until 1924, the Museum was governed by a Supervisory Committee headed by Professor Adamantios Adamantiou. In 1930 the Museum acquired a permanent home in theVilla Ilissia.
The exhibition organised there by G. Sotiriou had an instructive character and was of great importance for its time. Gradually, the Museum became a notable research and conservation centre. The collection of the Christian Archaeological Society was incorporated in the Museum collection, along with finds from excavations in Attiki, donations and purchases.
The Museum has over 30,000 artefacts organised by subject and collections (icons, wall-paintings, manuscripts and works on paper, works of minor arts, ceramics, textiles, paintings, mosaics, copies, the Loverdos collection and the I. and D. Passas Foundation collections). These have all been recorded and digitised using modern electronic documentation systems. They date from the 3rd century AD to the 20th century.
In 2004 the first part of the new permanent exhibition was inaugurated. It is devoted to Byzantium (4th-15th c. AD) and contains 1,200 artefacts organised in two large groups:
 From the ancient world to Byzantium
 The Byzantine world.
In these, 16 “little Byzantine stories” are developed, based on subject and offering suggestions for the interpretation and understanding of various aspects of Byzantine society.

Soon, the second part will be inaugurated, with the title ”From Byzantium to the modern era”. This will contain 1,500 objects dating from the 15th to the 20th century.

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