The latest article of the PVCare project: Preventive conservation strategies for poly(vinyl chloride) objects on the migration of plasticisers in heritage objects made of PVC has been published in the READ MORE
Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects XXIV
Last week, Marcin Bury and Sonia Bujok presented their results at the XXIV conference Chemical Analysis in the Protection of Heritage Objects (https://analizazabytkow.pl/) organised by the Biological and Chemical Research READ MORE
HERIe workshops overseas again!
The November workshops of the preventive conservation platform HERIe began with a sentimental journey of our group leader to Yale’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and continued at the Getty READ MORE
Development of craquelure patterns in canvas paintings
How do corner cracks in canvas paintings are formed and how do they differ from cracks in the pictorial layer in the central part of the painting? What is the READ MORE
An integrative journey through the ages
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
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