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The Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation (HIHC) was founded by Dr. V. Jeyaraj, former Curator, Chemical Conservation and Research Laboratory, Government Museum, Chennai-600 008, on 8th March 2009 in order to train interested persons in the field of conservation of heritage and museology with a view of safeguarding the cultural, written and art heritage. It [...]
The Executive Officer of the Arulmigu Vamanapureeswarar Temple, Thirumanickuzhi, Cuddalore district requested the former Curator, Government Museum, Chennai and the present Director, Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation to help them by giving technical advice in the chemical cleaning in the Vamanapureeswar temple, Thirumanickuzhi, Cuddalore district was done during 1996. Accordingly, Dr. V. [...]
Introduction
The Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation (HIHC) was founded by Dr. V. Jeyaraj, former Curator, Chemical Conservation and Research Laboratory, Government Museum, Chennai-600 008, on 8th March 2009 in order to train interested persons in the field of conservation of heritage and museology with a view of safeguarding the cultural, written and [...]
Mr. D. Benedict of the Benz Construction and Chemicals, 8/3, Arul Nagar I Street, Kannappa Nagar, Rathnapuri, Coimbatore-641-027 requested Dr. V. Jeyaraj, Director, Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation, 21, V.O.C. Street, M.G.R. Nagar, Chennai-600 078 to visit the C.S.I. Brough Church, Erode and suggest the method of conserving and restoring the Church [...]
The Peyazhvar Temple, which is the sub-temple to the Parthasarathy Temple in Triplicane, Chennai. The Sri Manavalamamunigal Kaingarya Sabha, Triplicane came forward to conserve and restore the temple since 2011 with the permission of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board, Chennai. The Consultancy from the director, Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation was sought by [...]
History of the Memorials in the Church
St. George’s Church was opened in 1815. It is stated that the church was completed by the people themselves with the aid of a lottery fund. It costed 1,709 pagodas; furniture, the organ and the architect’s commission increased the cost to 57,225 pagodas. The East India Company’s Senior [...]
The Indian Museum, Kolkata organised a two days National Seminar on Recent Trends in Heritage Conservation on 28th and 29th March 2012 in the Museum Campus. Conservation/restoration experts from various parts of India participated in it. Recent trends in conservation of various media were discussed at length. Dr. V. Jeyaraj was invited to give a [...]
Inks are dyes which are obtained by dissolving the dyes in suitable solvents. There are organic and in-organic dyes. There are both natural and synthetic dyes. The old archival materials were written by black carbon inks, iron gall inks etc. But in the modern times, aniline inks took a took root in writing on paper. [...]
The Hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation, Chennai is able to guide those who are interested in the purchase of paintings and other art objects in Chennai. Interested persons may seek the Hepzibah Institute for the evaluation of the paintings and other art objects. Physical, chemical and instrumental methods of analysis will be done while authenticating [...]
A drawing competition on Let us Create a New World was conducted for the benefit of students from LKG to 12th standard in commemoration of the third anniversary of the Hepzibah Trust and hepzibah Institute of Heritage Conservation on 2nd, 3rd and 4th March in the Institute’s premises. 302 students from 67 schools in Chennai [...]
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