IIC has posted a story about the insecure future of the French conservation center, Centre de Recherche & de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF).
According to IIC,
For more than three years, the French Ministry of Culture has been planning the relocation of the facility as part of the expansion of exhibition space in the Louvre palace and the planned establishment of a new storage centre for the Paris area museums. It is reported that the prolonged period of uncertainty, and the lack of consultation and information about the Centre’s future is raising concerns about the potential loss of skills and facilities that have taken decades to build up.
Read more on IIC’s site and http://laboratoiredulouvre.blogspot.com/
Sign the web-based petition to the French government to save the center