Founded in 1970, the Bolivian National Art Conservation Center began as a branch of the National Art Museum in La Paz and became part of the Bolivian Institute of Culture (IBC) in 1975. Technical assistance and supplies have come primarily from Unesco. Teachers at the center include an international list of visiting conservators, and Bolivian conservators and trainees have studied in Peru, Europe, and the United States. Since 1978, the center's projects have included two major 17th-century colonial sites in the Andes, at Carabuco and Carahuara de Carangas, as well as work in Potosi and other colonial sites on paintings and murals. The center currently has a staff of 10 and a modest but modern and well-equipped laboratory at the National Art Museum.