5. COLLECTIONS CORE FACILITIES ON WEST CAMPUS Meg Bellinger Ian McClure Bobbie Pilette Karl Turekian Julie Dorsey Holly Rushmeier $25 Million Gift from Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin to create the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Yale Peabody Museum Yale Art Gallery Yale Center for British Art Yale Libraries Drama, Architecture, Film, Music Yale School of Art CON DIG
1. explore the use of nanotechnology to slow the decay of artworks 2. apply computer technology to create specialized tools to care for ancient mosaics 3. use 3-D technology to digitize and study collections 4. convene scholars for conferences and meetings to discuss best practices and new findings 5. develop a program of online courses based on its cultural heritage collections