Sara Lardinois, Senior Project Specialist, Buildings and Sites Department, Getty Conservation Institute

Sara Lardinois is a senior project specialist in the Buildings and Sites department at the Getty Conservation Institute, working on the conservation of archaeological sites, historic buildings, and urban areas, both in the United States and internationally. A registered architect in the state of California, Sara holds an architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and received additional training at ICCROM. Her work at the GCI includes conservation projects for the tomb of Tutankhamen and in the Valley of the Queens in Egypt and Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute for Biological Studies; projects related to the sheltering of archaeological sites; urban conservation courses for Southeast Asian professionals; and a project to help improve conservation of African American heritage in Los Angeles and other underrepresented heritage. Prior to joining the Getty in 2010, Sara worked at a firm specializing in the conservation of built heritage in the western United States, with much of her work located in the US National Parks. An alumna of the ICOMOS-USA International Exchange Program to Turkey, Sara has been a member of the IEP committee since 2019 and became a Trustee of ICOMOS-USA in 2026. She is an expert member of the ICOMOS ISCEAH.