Last week in Warsaw the 19th Conference on “Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects” convened. This is the only such conference in Poland which gathers experts in art conservation, heritage scientists and students. Dr. Hab. Łukasz Bratasz chaired one of the sessions, inviting speakers from outside of traditional chemistry and physics to READ MORE
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Discussion spotlight on degradation models
Partners involved in the CollectionCare project, including Prof. Dr. Hab. Roman Kozłowski and Dr. Hab. Łukasz Bratasz, met once again from December 1-3 in Eindhoven. The group took further steps to develop models for the degradation of cultural heritage objects. As a reminder, they will be based on observations of numerous objects in museums, warehouses READ MORE
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum shares its conservation and research challenges
Thanks to the kindness of Aleksandra Papis, head of the Conservation Laboratory at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, we had the opportunity to visit her team’s workplace and learn about their challenges and daily tasks. Conservators shared valuable insight into their collection and the conservation methods used. They emphasized that the goals of their approach READ MORE
Dr. Bratasz at the two-year ceremony of NAWA
On November 26, the conference ‘Internationability of Polish Science and Higher Education’ was held in Warsaw to summarize activities initiated by the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) since its establishment on October 1, 2017. The meeting was an opportunity for creative, inspiring discussion between outstanding Polish scientists from various and normally distant fields as READ MORE
“We lost contact with the church” but fortunately it was re-established
A change in Norway’s weather conditions caused a break in the communication with the crack monitoring system in the church in Ringebu. Intervention of Dr. Strojecki restored the signal from the acoustic emission sensors. Thus, we continue to work on developing a strategy to protect the most valuable Norwegian temples. In private, we envy Marcin READ MORE
SyMBoL project: Acoustic Emission studies of Norway’s stave churches
On November 5, Dr. Marcin Strojecki visited Norway for 2 days and installed acoustic emission apparatuses in two facilities selected for monitoring as a part of the SyMBoL project. The purpose of this venture is to track climate change in Norway’s priceless stave churches and to assess the associated risk of degradation of wooden decorative READ MORE
The first cool and passive storage for the National Archives in Krakow almost launched
Prof. Dr. hab. Roman Kozłowski and Dr. hab. Łukasz Bratasz, the authors of the concept of climate control in the emerging National Archives warehouse, visited the construction site of the new building. According to their guidelines, it will be a passive building that will use 15 times less energy compared to other facilities of this READ MORE
The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC hosts cultural heritage preservation experts
Representatives from 30 leading universities and institutions active in research and education for the protection of cultural heritage gathered at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC from October 21-22, 2019. The meeting focused on possibilities for cooperation, resource sharing between institutions and establishing collaborative research in critical areas for the protection of cultural heritage. The READ MORE
The NAWA project recruits prominent scientists
The funds obtained by Dr. Łukasz Bratasz, laureate of the NAWA Polish Returns program, have allowed us to expand our team. Many applications from scientists all over the world were submitted to the competition for research positions at the Cultural Heritage Research Group and after a thorough selection process, two candidates were accepted. Dr. Lindsay READ MORE
Meeting of experts from the conservation program for the Veit Stoss altar
On September 24-25, 2019, a meeting was held for international experts participating in the research and conservation program of the Veit Stoss Altar planned for 2015-2021. Attendees presented the progress of conservation work and a summary of previous studies. Issues related to long-term studies of microclimate stability in the altar environment and the concentration of READ MORE