Description:
Each year, National Institute of Cultural Heritage (Institut national du patrimoine) places students of heritage conservation in field schools which offer those enrolled valuable professional and practical experience. The programme equally benefits students, the heritage sites and those in charge of the sites concerned. This pedagogical framework results in heritage sites benefitting from preliminary studies (such as at the Cathedral of Reims in 2017), restoration works (such as at the Biermans-Lapôtre Foundation, 2004-2017) or preventive conservation measures (such as at the municipal archives of Aubervilliers in 2017), for example. It presents the opportunity for students to collaborate with research centers, such as in the research laboratories of historical monuments. The pedagogical programme is financed by the National Institute of Cultural Heritage and its supervisory authority, the French Ministry of Culture.The aims and objectives of the field schools are equally centred around the needs and interests of students, who acquire skills and experience; heritage, which is studied, preserved, restored and enhanced; the site, which experiences improved visibility and accessibility.There are 3 types of field school, those in preventive conservation, curative conservation and restoration.