We are delighted to announce that our team has gained two new members in the past weeks. We were joined by: Dr. Noemi Zabari and M.Eng. Katarzyna Poznańska, who will READ MORE
Category: Preventive conservation
Brushes in hand! Learning to make tempera paint for the GRIEG project
After getting acquainted with formulas for tempera production, based largely on the medieval painting treatise by Cennino Cennini “Il libro dell’arte”, the time has come to try it on our READ MORE
We are investing in extending our laboratory
Our laboratory is undergoing a major renovation. New projects to be implemented in the coming years require expanding the range of applicable techniques and measuring devices. Therefore, we are purchasing READ MORE
Sample preparation for the GRIEG project – investigating historic recipes and conservation techniques
The approaching start date of the GRIEG project fills us with enthusiasm – so many new problems and questions are waiting to be investigated! To broaden our knowledge about easel READ MORE
Open competition for the position of Assistant Professor (post-doc) in the GRIEG project!
We encourage you to join our group and apply for the position of Assistant Professor in the GRIEG project! We are looking for a person holding a doctoral degree in READ MORE
Getty Conservation Institute shares a co-authored free publication
In cooperation with scientists from the Getty Conservation Institute and Canadian Conservation Institute we prepared a publication of guidelines for using Acoustic Emission (AE) to monitor cultural heritage. The treatise READ MORE
Tim Padfield has passed away
This is a great loss for the family, friends, colleagues but also for entire conservation science community. Tim was great scientist focusing all his research life on protection of cultural READ MORE
Research highlighted in the DailyMail!
Łukasz Bratasz’ work on the strengthening mechanisms of panel paintings was recently featured in a popular science article by the Daily Mail. This collaborative work with Kiraz Goze Akoglu and READ MORE
Results of Historical Parchment Study published in Heritage Science
Parchment sheets are among the most precious assets in libraries and archives which at the same time are most vulnerable to RH and temperature fluctuations. Since 2016, we have been READ MORE