Surrounded by the architecture and nature of southern Lesser Poland, we had the unique opportunity to discuss important issues of cultural heritage preservation during a journey along the trail of READ MORE
Short film about our research
We invite you to watch a short film in which we briefly summarize the research topics we are currently working on. The film was made thanks to the team of READ MORE
Open positions for Research Assistant and Assistant Professor in our group!
If you are just graduating in the field of mechanical engineering, material engineering or physics but wish to continue your education in the interdisciplinary field of heritage science, join our READ MORE
How to model the risk of damage for canvas paintings?
Today we will tell you more about a three-dimensional model of a canvas painting, which we are working on in the GRIEG project. In order for the computer model to READ MORE
Lime wood is the new comic book superhero!
Today we present a short picture story from an experiment that allows you to determine the moisture content in tested wood samples. A fragment was saved from each sample after READ MORE
Polish-Slovenian discussion on the prevention of plastic objects
Last week together with colleagues from the Faculty of Chemistry (Jagiellonian University) we hosted a group of prof. Matija Strlič from the University of Ljubljana to exchange our experience and READ MORE
We respond to the energy crisis with a passive storage for collections
We had a pleasure of hosting a meeting of experts devoted to the design of the Central Storage of Museum Collections (CMZM) being developed in Lesznowola near Warsaw on the READ MORE
Craquelure in social media
Thanks to such posts, the awareness of the problems affecting cultural heritage and the challenges we face every day, especially in the GRIEG project, is growing. Bravo!
We determined the mechanical properties of oil paint layers after 30 years of drying!
This achievement allows us to understand how craquelures – a network of cracks – are formed in paintings, but also enables the development of effective methods of protecting works of READ MORE
Kick-off meeting on the concept of safeguarding Wawel Royal Castle’s collection
We begin the new year on a high note! At the invitation of the management of the Wawel Royal Castle and the Chief Conservator, Dr. Ewa Wiłkojć, on January 5, READ MORE