This dissertation is an account of an internship in painting conservation undertaken at the Auckland City Art Gallery during the period January to August 1983. It has been divided into three parts with six associated appendices. Part one discusses the functions and facilities of the Conservation Department. The functions being classed into two main categories, that concerned with the Auckland City Art Gallery and that concerned with National Conservation. The facilities of the Department are not only the equipment and materials of the Conservation studios but the equipment and design around the Gallery that facilitate the task of the conservators whether it be through treatment or by preventative means. Part two covers the programme of work carried out. As indicated in Part one, the conservation department has many other functions apart from the treatment of works of art, and as a member of the department during my internship, I was involved in a number of these which are discussed in this section. This includes packing, meetings and visits to other institutions. Part three deals with the conservation treatments carried out. Section one summarizes the methods and materials used, section two lists the works treated in the order that they were begun, and section three covers the condition and treatment reports for each work. Finally, six appendices have been included which augment information in the text such as a description of the present renovations to the Auckland City Art Gallery and a brief history of conservation in New Zealand.

This dissertation is an account of an internship in paper conservation undertaken at the Auckland City Art Gallery during the period July 1982 to March 1983. It opens with a description of the organisation and functions of the gallery, with particular reference to its management, staffing, financing, displays and acquisition procedures. This is followed, in Part 2, by a general account of the conservation department, its history, staffing, laboratory and tasks. Part 3 details all the conservation work undertaken during the period of internship. It describes the various techniques and procedures employed and the results achieved or observed. It contains a list of 119 objects treated followed by 26 case studies to illustrate the problems encountered and the action taken. It also includes a list of the equipment and materials used. Set out in Part 4 are details of conservation laboratories visited in Wellington. Part 5, after a brief description of conservation services in Christchurch and Dunedin, details the activities of the Interim Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Property and the principal recommendations contained in a report submitted by Dr Nathan Stolow, a conservation consultant engaged by the Interim Committee. This is followed by a report on the New Zealand Conservators' Meeting which took place in Wellington in March 1983.