Introduction

Conservar Património is a journal, published twice a year, that intends to create a space for the diffusion of conservator-restorers’ studies and activities. However, at a time when Conservation-Restoration pretends to develop further through collaboration with other areas of knowledge, such as History of Art, Archaeology, Museum Studies, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and other related disciplines, the journal also receives contributions from any other provenance as long as directed towards the materiality of the works that integrate our Cultural Heritage. Theoretical issues on the conservation activity may also be submitted.

Conservar Património is a scientific journal. Therefore, as a rule, the submitted papers are reviewed anonymously by peers in order to achieve and maintain a platform of quality. Although it is published by ARP (Associação Profissional de Conservadores-Restauradores em Portugal), it is open to all, independently of their relationship to the organization.

The journal has the following sections, depending on the nature and focus of the contributions:

• Articles, for the main contributions. The papers may present conservation treatments done with the support of other fields of knowledge,  studies not directly connected to conservation-restoration interventions, or reviews about subjects related to materials, techniques, history and intervention methodologies;

• Interventions, for contributions reporting on conservation interventions without laboratory studies support or others;

• Notes, for contributions similar to those included in articles and interventions, but smaller in size;

• Opinions, for personal but relevant opinions on different conservation aspects and for reports on relevant occurrences or reviews of published materials. Letters and comments about published contributions are also included here.

Although the journal favours the use of the Portuguese language, in order to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a technical Portuguese vocabulary related to conservation and the materiality of works of art, papers in another languages may also be published, namely in English, French and Spanish.