Join ICON Modern Materials, the Natural History Museum, Imperial College London and the Science & Engineering Research for Cultural Heritage Network to discuss the challenges of using plastics in the storage of heritage collections
The symposium will dig into our love-hate relationship with these materials, looking at both the benefits and the drawbacks of using plastics for storage in museums and archives.
We welcome submissions from all over the GLAM sector and related disciplines. Please note the symposium will take place IN PERSON IN LONDON 12 November 2026. The symposium will not be recorded although abstracts will be circulated at the authors' discretion. This is to encourage open and non-judgmental discussions of potentially sensitive topics.
Abstract Submission deadline: Thursday 26 March 2026 at 17:00 BST.
More information can be found through the ICON website below or please feel free to email the committee at iconmodernmaterials at gmail
https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/call-for-papers-plastic-predicament-ou…