Priceless contemporary art objects that arrived in our lab are courtesy of Nanke Schellmann, an art conservator and associate of Schellmann Art gallery in Munich! We are talking about fine READ MORE
Category: Preventive conservation
Is tempera cracking during drying?
Have any of you ever looked for a compendium of knowledge about tempera paint? We know you won’t find such an item on library shelves or in digital repositories. Or READ MORE
Measurements of lime wood properties
We started laboratory measurements of the mechanical properties of lime wood. Check out the photo report of our first attempts and small successes (the crack growth takes place where expected!) READ MORE
Promoting microscopic craquelure scans at a conference of leading British institutions
A large part of the conference is again held in a stationary form, but the online form, additionally arranged in a fun and accessible computer game convention, was a perfect READ MORE
Extended application time for a position of a Research Assistant in our new project – PVCare!
You are welcome to join our group in Kraków to pursue with us PVCare project! The application period has been extended to May 31, 2022. We are looking for a READ MORE
From the laboratory notebook of the PRELUDIUM 19 project
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 READ MORE
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 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 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 READ MORE
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 READ MORE