INTACH Conservation Institute established at Lucknow in 1985 aims to restore and conserve the vast repository of art objects such as paintings, fragile fabrics, ancient manuscripts, wall paintings and countless memorabilia of a past era. The major objective of INTACH Conservation Institute at Lucknow is to preserve heritage for future generations, to undertake continuous study and research to develop the best methodologies for path breaking contributions in the field of conservation science, to provide unmatched services in conservation for art collectors and to spread concern for heritage conservation and preservation.

Important equipment at the Centre

• Low pressure suction table.
• Leaf caster machine.
• Ultra sonic heat set welding machine.
• Ultra sonic humidifier.
• Biological incubator.
• Compression Testing Machine.
• Rebound hammer.
• Humidity Chamber.
• Muffle Furnace.
• Digital water bath.
• Digital curing tank.
• Digital hot oven.
• Digital lime mortar mixer.
• Flow table.
• Water deionizer.
• Compound microscope.
• Stereo microscope.
• pH meter.
• Dinolite USB microscope.
• Photography equipment.
• Ultraviolet and Infrared light.
• Book press machine.

The Centre is undertaking advanced level of scientific analysis on lime and lime mortar, I.R.& U.V. Examination.

Special service for preventive conservation of the collection is provided as per the requirement by the collectors, individuals, libraries and Government organizations. A special design of archival box is prepared by a Conservator at ICI laboratory for keeping rare books, manuscripts and paintings after conservation.

Services Offered

• Survey and preparation of detailed project reports, preliminary project reports, technical reports, conservation proposals.
• Development of Museums/Galleries.
• Designing of Showcases.
• Wall Paintings/Artifacts Documentation.
• Lime Research Testing Unit.
• Manuscript Conservation Centre under the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), New Delhi.
• Wall Painting Conservation.
• Artifact Conservation (paintings, photographs, manuscripts, books, taxidermy, sculptures, textiles, etc.).
• Monument Preservation.
• Conduct workshops, seminars, exhibitions, capacity building and training programs.
• Publications.
• Consultancy and advisory services.
• Preparation of proposals for Govt. Grant.

Contact Person
Mr.Dharmendra Misra,
Director,
INTACH Conservation Institute,
B-42, Nirala Nagar,
Lucknow-226020
Ph: 0522-4021617; 09899141945
Email : intachicilko86@gmail.com

Conservation Team

• Mr. Pankaj Pandey, Conservator.
• Mr. Bineet Yadav, Conservator
• Mr. Mukesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Conservator
• Mr. Sanjiv Trivedi, Conservator
• Mr. Saurav Karmakar, Conservator
• Mr. Gopal, Restorer
• Mr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Sr. Restorer
• Mr. Suresh Singh, Sr. Restorer
• Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Restorer

Lime Research and Testing Centre (LRTC)

• Ms. Anshika Verma, Research Officer (Conservation Material)
• Ms. Agranshi Mohan Saxena, Coordinator (Projects).
• Ms. Kalyani Pradhan, Research Assistant.

Administrative and Finance

• Ms. Neeta Khulbe, Office Asstt.
• Mr. Sunil Kumar Gupta, Sr.Accountant.
• Mr. Ram Milan Yadav, Attendant.

Hours
Monday – Saturday
10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

How to reach
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