Recently, through an interactive scan available on every electronic device, we gave the opportunity to deeply study with us the craquelure in the painting of Virgin and Child by an unknown author (XVth century) from the collection of St. Mary’s Basilica. Our goal is to create a library of distinctive crack patterns and perhaps link READ MORE
Author: Heritage Science
Wintertime is full of performances
The breakthrough of the year is, on the one hand, time to slow down and enjoy the upcoming Christmas, and on the other hand – an intense time for summaries. December gave us plenty of speeches at conferences and workshops. In addition to the previously mentioned CollectionCare and AChwOZ conferences, we took part in two READ MORE
PVCare – a new project on the horizon!
Plastics dominate the collections of contemporary art. Interestingly, before centuries had passed, these objects began to be closely watched by conservators, due to the extremely rapid degradation processes. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is one of the plastics most used by artists – it constitutes approx. 13% of contemporary collections. At the same time, PVC, together with READ MORE
Two important conferences, CollectionCare and ACHwOZ, already behind us!
Both meetings gathered a really large group of listeners, each over 150 people! The CollectionCare conference, organized by the team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), was a summary of over two first years of the project. The three days of the conference were filled with presentations grouped into the following thematic blocks: 1. READ MORE
Our professors spoke at the International Conference on the protection of cultural heritage in the event of special threats
At the National Archives in Krakow (which we recently visited), a conference was held on the subject “Protection of cultural heritage in the event of special threats – climatic, environmental, pandemic and fire threats. Good Practices”. The conference was patronized by important institutions and personalities, including the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the READ MORE
Consultation with Prof. Kozakiewicz, an expert in the field of wood industry
While working on the Preludium 19 project, we established contacts with the Institute of Wood Sciences and Furniture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). Director of the Institute, Dr hab. Paweł Kozakiewicz, Prof. WULS-SGGW, holds a postdoctoral degree in forest sciences in the field of wood industry. In the field of his interest, READ MORE
A visit to the first passive storage in Poland!
Our mentors, Prof. Roman Kozłowski and Prof. Łukasz Bratasz, are often invited as experts in the field of conservation prevention to consult various projects, including such important ones as the construction of the new seat of the National Archives in Krakow. Thanks to their efforts, the first passive storage for collections in Poland was built, READ MORE
What’s new about HERIe
Six months have passed since the premiere of the new version of the platform for the quantitative assessment of risks to heritage assets – HERIe 2.0. While constantly working on its development, we introduced a lot of changes. The platform started with the HERIVERDE project, for which a program enabling the estimation of the physical READ MORE
We are returning to the rich in cultural heritage West of Poland
Strategic meetings during which we plan, discuss and summarize the ongoing projects in the scenery of important and often unknown monuments are the tradition of our group. Last year, we went to Lower Silesia to admire the craftsmanship of baroque artists: Michael Willman and Ignacio Provisore. This time we were orbiting on the border of READ MORE
We are talking with partners about modeling in the GRIEG project
In heritage science, nothing matters more than non-destructive research methods. For this reason, almost every project uses a powerful tool that has become available quite recently – computer simulations. This set of computational techniques allows you to predict the interactions between model elements and the environment. In the GRIEG project, modeling is carried out by READ MORE