The formation of cracks in paintings has many aspects – not only mechanical, but also chemical. Answers to the question about the processes taking place near the fracture can be READ MORE
Category: Preventive conservation
The new version of HERIe is now available!
The previous tool for the quantitative assessment of risk of physical damage of cultural objects due to climate variations has become part of a larger platform, a pilot form of READ MORE
Trois couleurs. This could be the title of a documentary about sample production for the GRIEG project
Our laboratory has turned into a workshop worthy of one of the old masters! Noemi Zabari and Kasia Poznańska, together with Dr. Ola Hola, have been working on the production READ MORE
We are still recruiting!
If you have not yet decided to apply for an open position in our group, you still have a chance. We are waiting for a computer scientist or physicist who READ MORE
Ultramarine responsible for its own “disease”
Is the mystery of the fading of beautiful blue shades in Renaissance paintings, painted with precious ultramarine, finally solved? This was done by Katrien Keune – Head of Science at READ MORE
Only a week left to apply for a Research Assistant position!
There is only a week left to apply for a Research Assistant position in our group! Right now we are looking for a person that will work on the development READ MORE
“Time for a green museum and a green archive!” calls in Łukasz Bratasz in an interview for the Polish press
The newspaper “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna” has published an extensive interview with the leader of our group, Dr. Bratasz. The interest of the press was aroused by the field of science READ MORE
20th Annual Conference ‘Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects’
This year, as any previous year, we took part in the unique on the Polish scale conference ‘Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects’. For the first time READ MORE
The study of craquelure as a path to ‘green museums’
While looking at the paintings we admire the colors, the shaping of forms, the painting technique, but we also see a network of cracks – craquelure, which adds a historical READ MORE
Our models ‘on catwalk’ – COMSOL conference Europe 2020
COMSOL Multiphysics® is one of our basic tools that allows us to simulate changes taking place in historical objects under the influence of climate. We study various scenarios of probable READ MORE