News in Conservation, Issue 81, December-January 2021

Just in time for the holidays, we are pleased to finally present to you this special issue of "News in Conservation" celebrating 70 years of IIC! It is full of memories, interviews, and photos spanning the past century of our profession.  So grab a drink, get comfortable, and enjoy!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Front Cover Image Credits: Top Row (left to right): IIC Council, mid 1990s (courtesy of David Leigh) / Sarah Staniforth and David Saunders in Beijing, 2015 (by Mikkel Scharff) / Second Row (left to right): George Stout using a microscope (George Leslie Stout papers, 1897-1978. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution) / Anna Rosenqvist treating an animal head post from the Oseberg find (Courtesy of KHM, UiO. License through CC 4.0 BY-SA) / Brussels Preparatory Meeting, September 1948 (© IRPA, Brussels www.kikirpa.be) / Delia Parker (left) and Ione Gedye (right) working in the Technical Department of the Institute of Archaeology in its original location at St John’s Lodge, London (By UCL Institute of Archaeology-Hole, Brian (2012). From Archaeology International 15: 127–132. DOI:10.5334/ai.1518., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90508962) / Third Row (left to right): IIC 50th Anniversary 2000, from left to right, Norman Tennent, John Winter (President IIC) , Jude Fraser, Kay Soderlund, Marcelle Scott (President AICCM), Vinod Daniel (Image courtesy of Julian Bickersteth) / IIC 2016 AGM Council meeting (Image by Mikkel Scharff) / Bottom Row: Norman Brommell and Joyce Plesters, 1972 (by Joyce Hill Stoner) / Norman Tennent, Sarah Staniforth and John Cowan, 2004 Bilbao Congress (by David Leigh)