The warm September sun is the perfect aura for group integration! This year we decided to visit the treasures of the Świętokrzyskie area, and we started on a high note READ MORE
Category: Preventive conservation
Chemical insight into the conservation of plastic artworks
To clean or not to clean? This is one of the most frequently asked questions by conservators who deal with artworks made of softened plastics. The essence of this conservation READ MORE
We announce the results of the PRELUDIUM project to museum professionals
On April 11, we hosted colleagues from Polish museums and heritage scientists in the beautiful scenery of the Wawel Royal Castle. The occasion for the meeting was a workshop on READ MORE
The grand final of the GRIEG-Craquelure project
The end of every project is a time for summing up, but also an extremely intense period of discussion, planning new experiments and considering new research directions. The GRIEG-Craquelure project, READ MORE
Fracture toughness of oil paints
Our colleagues had a unique opportunity to determine the fracture toughness of the 30-year-old oil paints from Mecklenburg’s Paint Reference Collection belonging to the Smithsonian Institution. The paper recently published READ MORE
Reminiscences from London’s workshop
At the beginning of February, we actively participated in the Changing Climate Management Strategies Workshop “Sustainable Collection Environments and Monitoring Object Response” organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in READ MORE
Craquelure development in panel paintings
We are delighted to share with you the latest publication about the development of craquelure patterns in panel paintings that is now available in the Heritage Science journal! Our colleagues READ MORE
About glass crizzling
Today we would like to share with you a new topic of our ongoing research within the GoGreen Conservation project! Recently, our colleagues have focused on the analysis of cracking READ MORE
Measurements at the Victoria and Albert Museum
After ten years, we returned to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London to “look” using speckle interferometry (ESPI) and “listen” using acoustic emission (AE) to wooden objects from the rich furniture collection. The research is READ MORE
Meeting with panel of experts of the GRIEG-Craquelure project
In exactly one month, on the 8th of April, we will meet with experts to present the results of the GRIEG-Craquelure project ‘Model of paintings with craquelure patterns for evidence-based READ MORE