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Our Perth team is dedicated to preserving Western Australia’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, delivering professional conservation services across fine arts, objects, public art, archaeology and built heritage.
Combining deep material knowledge with expert hands-on conservation skills, our services are tailored to the specific needs of Western Australia’s unique landscapes, climate conditions, and collections.
Our work in Western Australia
Western Australia’s vast geography and varied climate create distinctive preservation challenges. Hot, dry conditions, high UV exposure, and seasonal humidity can accelerate deterioration in both organic and inorganic materials. In coastal and mining regions, salt, dust, and environmental pollutants can also affect artworks, public collections and built heritage assets.
Our conservators apply both preventive and treatment-focused strategies to protect artworks from these risks, ensuring the long-term preservation of cultural materials across a wide range of environments and locations.
We use industry-leading conservation techniques to clean, repair, stabilise and preserve artworks while maintaining their aesthetic and material integrity.
Our conservation advice and documentation support compliant, ethical and practical outcomes across public, private, and commercial sectors.
Who do we work with
- Museums and galleries
- Local and state government
- Universities and collecting institutions
- Archaeologists and heritage consultants
- Architects and builders
- Art dealers and auction houses
- Private art collectors and individuals with significant or sentimental items
Local Care – National Expertise
As part of the national ICS conservation network, our Perth team is connected to a large pool of ICS conservation specialists across Australia. This collaborative model provides Western Australian clients with depth of expertise, continuity of service, and confidence, regardless of project scale or complexity.
Contact ICS Perth
Get in touch with our Perth office to discuss your conservation needs. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can help preserve the artworks and cultural materials important to you and your community.
Who we work with
Introducing our team
Claire is the head of ICS Perth and works on remedial conservation treatments in the Joondanna studio, as well as larger site-specific conservation projects, encompassing broader and more strategic heritage concerns impacting the state of Western Australia.
Claire manages and undertakes technical aspects of conservation and project management. Her areas of specialisation include, public art and sculpture conservation, risk assessment, built and industrial heritage, and metal conservation and fabrication. As a 2019 fellow of the International Specialised Skills Institute, Claire is a passionate advocate for the industrial and numismatic heritage of Australia and heritage craft and trade skills more broadly.