page_title: Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
section_title: Ethics
hierarchical_section_title: Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage / Ethics
caption_attribution_description: Beirut 002
context_page_description: The conservation and restoration of cultural heritage focuses on protection and care of tangible cultural heritage, including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections. Conservation activities include preventive conservation, examination, documentation, research, treatment, and education. This field is closely allied with conservation science, curators and registrars.
context_section_description: The conservator's work is guided by ethical standards. These take the form of applied ethics. Ethical standards have been established across the world, and national and international ethical guidelines have been written. One such example is:
  American Institute for Conservation Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice
  Conservation OnLine provides resources on ethical issues in conservation, including examples of codes of ethics and guidelines for professional conduct in conservation and allied fields; and charters and treaties pertaining to ethical issues involving the preservation of cultural property.
  As well as standards of practice conservators deal with wider ethical concerns, such as the debates as to whether all art is worth preserving.
caption: Preserved historical quarter in Beirut Central District
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