Recanati e Restauro,
Cultural Heritage Enhancement
and Conservation Classes
in Recanati

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Our summer courses offer intensive training in book and paper conservation, led by international experts. Held in Recanati, these programs offer an immersive learning experience for professional growth in the field of conservation.

Courses

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Find out about upcoming courses. All courses have a limited number of places so that we can closely follow each participant, and work directly towards their specific individual goals.

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14th-25th July 2025

Integrated Approach to Islamic Manuscript Conservation: Crafting, Practical Skills, and Sustainable Management. 

Held by Sherif Afifi

This workshop offers a comprehensive and hands-on approach to Islamic manuscript conservation, combining traditional crafting techniques with modern preservation strategies. Participants will gain practical skills in surveying, crafting, treatment, and preventive conservation, while also learning to implement sustainable practices, quality control measures, and project management tools. Designed for professionals and students, this course equips attendees […]

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19th-31th May 2025

16th Century Archival/Stationary Leather Bindings

Held by Giovanni Pagani

A two-week theoretical and practical course offering in-depth practical and theoretical training in the historical techniques of 16th century archival bookbinding. The class is for only 8 students to ensure sufficient individual time with the instructor. What are you going to learn in this course? Archival bindings, within the wide world of historical book structures, […]

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SUMMER CLASS 2024 MINIMUM INTERVENTION
ENDED 10-28th June 2024

Summer Class 2024: Minimum Intervention, Conservation Techniques

Held by Giovanni PaganiValeria Di Capizzi

A three-week course for practicing conservators is to engage with the theories, approaches, and techniques of minimum intervention, focusing on historical awareness and research-based decision-making. We will take no more than 8 students to ensure enough individual time with the instructor.

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Activities

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We believe in an international, intersectional and cross-cultural approach to the conservation of documentary heritage worldwide. We collaborate with professionals globally to advance our mission in collaborative knowledge-building in conservation.

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2022 - ONGOING

Conservation of manuscripts and capacity building in Gaza

This project was initiated an international collaboration, with team members from Palestine, Italy, and India, who all believed that the conservation of cultural heritage needs to take into consideration and highlight endangered cultures and communities. Documentary heritage is a pillar of cultural continuity – and it is often the most fragile. When Muneer Elbaz (UCAS […]

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Preserving the Past, Safeguarding the Future: Protecting Cultural Heritage at Risk in Gaza through restoration and community Engagement

Recanati e Restauro is honoured to be collaborating with CISS Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud and UCAS – University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza, on this important project supported by a generous grant from the British Council Cultural protection Fund. This project started with a small cultural emergency grant from The Prince Claus Fund during […]

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2020

The Levantine Foundation – Safeguarding Egyptian Cultural Heritage through preservation, conservation and digitisation. Online training project

The consolidated partnership between the Levantine Foundation, project promoter, and Recanati e Restauro saw us among the protagonists of this 4th Training Program for heritage professionals, librarians of monastic collections and university students which involved 206 delegates from all over the world. The programme was supported and financed by The British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, […]

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About us

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Recanati e Restauro collaborates with an international network of cultural partners, including practitioners, museums and universities, to offer high quality training programs. We integrate multidisciplinary expertise, and promote innovative projects and solutions for the protection and enhancement of heritage.

Recanati e Restauro is a non-profit social enterprise in the heart of Recanati, dedicated to book and paper conservation, and the protection of cultural heritage. We engage in conservation activities for libraries, archives, museums and private collections. Our vision fosters cultural dialogue, by engaging in international projects, and collaborating with cultural institutions worldwide.

Visit our news section and stay up-to-date with Recanati e Restauro. Find out the latest updates on projects, courses, and cultural initiatives.
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17 October, 2025

Relic restores Recanati’s treasures: writings by Giacomo Leopardi, Pietro Giordani, and the Golden Bull of Frederick II of Swabia. Conservation site inaugurated at the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels.

On Saturday, October 18th, Relic studio will carry out an important restoration project at the Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels in Recanati. The intervention will focus on several handwritten documents of great historical and cultural value, including a touching letter written by the poet Giacomo Leopardi to his father Monaldo, dated 1833. In addition […]

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7 March, 2025

Di Nebbia & Di Terra: Jacopo Pannocchia’s Solo Exhibition at the Villa Colloredo Mels Civic Museum

Recanati e Restauro presents “Di Nebbia & Di Terra”, the solo exhibition by Jacopo Pannocchia at the Villa Colloredo Mels Civic Museum.

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10 June, 2024

The 2024 Summer Class begins

Great excitement in our studio! Our Summer Class 2024 dedicated to the intensive Minimum Intervention – Conservation Techniques course begins.  This year our class is made up of students from Australia, Argentina, Mexico, China, Greece and Portugal. On this first day we showed our students the environments in which we will spend these three weeks […]

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Contacts

Located in historical Recanati in the heart of the Marche region, our work is located at a place central to book, paper, archival, and manuscript legacies and heritage.

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The physical and virtual place to promote antique book restoration and stimulate relationships among professionals. Get in touch!

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