TheHamilton Kerr Institute is a branch of theFitzwilliam Museum inCambridgeshire, England, dedicated to the study and conservation of easel paintings. It is also part of theUniversity of Cambridge.
The institute was founded in 1976 through grants from theBaring Foundation, theEsmée Fairbairn Trust, theGulbenkian Foundation, theIsaac Wolfson Foundation, theMonument Trust, and thePilgrim Trust, and continues to finance itself through income from its work and its endowment fund. It is housed in a riverside property, donated byHamilton Kerr, seven miles south ofCambridge in the village ofWhittlesford. The premises consist of a mid-eighteenth century house and converted mill buildings, containing offices and a scientific laboratory, restoration studios, studios for panel treatment and the relining of canvases, and studios for photography. In 1980, the institute opened a studio in London.[1]
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