What is the fracture toughness of wood? Many engineers have dealt with this topic in terms of applications in construction. But what if we ask ourselves this question, bearing in mind the species of wood popular in the cultural heritage, i.e. lime wood? This problem has not been fully investigated and our aim is to READ MORE
Author: Heritage Science
A fragment of Bosch’s follower artwork now available in our virtual gallery of scans
The work of our colleague Sergei Antropov can make you jealous. Not everyone has a chance to see works of art such as the Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch’s follower from such a close distance! Fortunately, Sergii is happy to share a high-resolution scan of the above-mentioned image at the link. Pay attention to the READ MORE
The fellow group from MoMA is looking for a young scientist
If you are from the field of heritage science and your dream has always been a career at Big Apple, we encourage you to apply for a position offered by our fellow research group from The Museum of Modern Art! You will participate in The David Booth Conservation Department Scientific Program, which is committed to READ MORE
Spring walk to the Camaldolese Hermit Monastery in Kraków
The beautiful spring weather was an opportunity for a “field trip” to expand our knowledge and sensitivity by visiting the local cultural heritage. The choice of the date was not accidental, because as the goal of the trip we chose the Camaldolese Hermit Monastery in Bielany, Krakow – due to the strict monastic rule closed READ MORE
#ScienceForUkraine
We deplore of the Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and express our support for its citizens. Our emotions are all the greater because of our Ukrainian colleagues at the Institute and in the group. We are with you!
The effects of the climate monitoring campaign in the Boim Chapel in Lviv
We have completed a long-term campaign of microclimate monitoring and diagnosis of the exhibition conditions in the Boim Chapel in Lviv, led by Dr. Marcin Strojecki. Marcin acted on behalf of POLONIKA – the National Institute of Polish Cultural Heritage Abroad. The Boim Chapel, or rather the Chapel of the Holy Trinity and the Passion READ MORE
We have a clip promoting CollectionCare project
Now it only takes a few minutes to explore the CollectionCare project and find out what its goals are. We encourage you to watch!
Unexpected support for the GRIEG project: Night Watch in ultra resolution
The database of paintings on which we can conduct qualitative and quantitative craquelure analysis is growing! This time it is not another scan we have carried out, but an ultra-high resolution image of Rembrandt’s the “Night Watch” taken at the Rijksmuseum. The photo consists of over 700 gigapixels, each one smaller than a red blood READ MORE
Dr. Marcin Bury, welcome on board!
We are pleased to inform that the announced competition for the position of Assistant was won by Marcin Bury, who joined our group at the beginning of 2022! Marcin holds a doctorate degree in physics – he obtained the title in 2020 at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Krakow. Earlier, he graduated from the READ MORE
Norwegian partners, Dr. Terje Grøntoft and Dr. Lena Stoveland, visit Krakow
We were very pleased to host Dr. Terje Grøntoft from the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) and Dr. Lena Stoveland, painting conservator and researcher from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU). Their visit to Krakow was an opportunity to organize a meeting in our Institute. Some of us had the opportunity to READ MORE