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
Visiting Warsaw for the AChwOZ XXII conference
After a 3-year break, the AChwOZ conference – Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects – returned to its on-site form, which we welcomed with great joy! Once READ MORE
Comprehensive database of lime wood properties is already under construction
From the same trunks from which we obtained the samples to determine the critical energy release rate we had more samples cut – so-called dog-bones. We measure Young’s modulus in READ MORE
Quo Vadis, plasticizer?
Parts of Joseph Beuys’ installation art that came to our lab are covered with a layer of sticky liquid due to the migration of the PVC plasticizer and we decided READ MORE
Memorandum of Cooperation with The Wawel Royal Castle and NIKU
Recently, we have established a partnership with two institutions of international importance in the world of conservation and museology! The first of our partners is The Wawel Royal Castle, former READ MORE