Society and Culture: Yale opens the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

Yale University has founded the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. The newly established center will house the collections from university’s three museums, as well as valuables from academic departments of Yale.

Developing innovative tools and techniques for the conservation and digitisation of artefacts and works of art will constitute two core activities of the centre. The latter activity is in line with Yale’s “Open Access” policy announced this May. To date, the university has digitised 250,000 works from its collections.

The institute will be located in a former 212,000 sq. ft (19,700 sq. meter) pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.