Announcing the International Conference on Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments (IAQ 2024)
The Department of Scientific Research at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is pleased to organize the 16th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments, IAQ 2024. The conference is a forum for discussions on the influence of indoor air quality on objects in museums, libraries, and archives. It is traditionally attended by a diverse audience of conservators, curators, scientists, students and other stakeholders.
IAQ 2024 will be held in a hybrid format; we encourage all attendees to join us in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Talks and posters will also be streamed online for participants who cannot attend in person.
We look forward to welcoming you to New York!
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 2, 2024
Author Notification: July 5, 2024
Program Published Online: August 5, 2024
In-Person Registration Deadline: October 7, 2024
Virtual Registration Deadline: November 11, 2024
Conference Dates: November 18–20, 2024
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, 10028
Tentative Schedule
11/18 Afternoon: Group tour
11/18 Evening: Welcome and social gathering
11/19 Full Day: Talks and poster presentations
11/20 Morning: Talks and farewell
Abstract Submission
Abstracts can be submitted through the Abstract Submission Form. Each attending author can submit several contributions, but only one as an oral presentation.
Contributions are welcome on new trends in pollution monitoring, understanding the levels of risk to collections, impacts of and testing for material emissions, mitigation of poor environments via building refurbishment to sorbents, and the impact on collections when broadening environmental conditions especially for sustainability purposes. Furthermore, we encourage contributions that discuss practical case studies in museums, archives, or churches (e.g., decision making, implementation of mitigation actions, use of showcases, etc.).
Scientific Committee
Dario Camuffo, National Research Council – Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Padua, Italy
Lorraine Gibson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Martina Griesser, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Eva Menart, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
Olivier Schalm, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Tomasz Sawoszczuk, Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, Poland
Alexandra Schieweck, Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute WK, Braunschweig, Germany
Ludmila Maskova, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic
Matija Strlič, UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, London, UK and University of Ljubljana, Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana
Irena Kralj Cigić, University of Ljubljana, Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana
Jean Tétreault, Canadian Conservation Institute CCI, Ottawa, Canada
David Thickett, English Heritage, London, UK
Organizing Committee
Eric Breitung, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Julia Bakker-Arkema, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rose King, Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art