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  • Large Interdisciplinary Project MATRES Approved for Funding by the University of Ljubljana

    October 23rd, 2025IResearchI

    The Heritage Science Lab Ljubljana is excited to announce a new highly interdisciplinary project funded by the University of Ljubljana titled MATRES  - Material Resilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change. In collaboration with teams at the Faculty of [...]

  • New Publication: “ The Impact of Technologies in Heritage Management: Non-Monetary Valuation”

    October 16th, 2025IPublicationI

    The Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana is delighted to announce a new publication authored by Lana Nastja Anžur and prof. dr. Matija Strlič, titled “Učinek tehnologij pri upravljanju dediščine: nedenarno vrednotenje” (“The Impact of Technologies in Heritage Management: Non-Monetary Valuation”, published [...]

  • Lavrin Egyptian Evening: Studies on the Smells of Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies

    October 16th, 2025IImpactI

    On Thursday, 23 October 2025, the 7th Lavrin Egyptian Evening will take place at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (Lecture Room 325), featuring a guest lecture titled “Studies on the Smells of Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies.” The lecture [...]

  • New Project »Citizen Science-Driven Value-Based Strategic Direction of Scientific Research of Heritage«

    October 3rd, 2025IImpactI

    We are delighted to announce that a new project has been launched in collaboration with the NextGenHS project, focusing on the role of citizens in the evaluation of cultural heritage. The project is led by Prof. Dr. Irena Kralj Cigić [...]

  • Experiences Through Sensorial Language in Arts and Heritage

    August 29th, 2025IPublicationI

    The Art of Sensorial Language examines audience interactivity and multisensory experiences that can be understood internationally and cross‑culturally. It considers interactivity not as a technological mode of interaction but as a direct and immediate communication between the audience and the [...]

  • Dry Swabbing for Non-destructive Mass Spectrometry Analysis of PVC surfaces

    August 22nd, 2025IPublicationI

    Researchers from the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana and the Smithsonian Institution have developed a non-destructive method for characterising surface exudates on PVC objects using high-resolution mass spectrometry. The approach relies on simple dry swabbing, designed to be accessible to museums [...]

  • How to choose the optimal archival box for historic objects

    August 8th, 2025IPublicationI

    This is the overarching question that HSLL researchers Jernej Markelj, Ida Kraševec and Matija Strlič, together with Josep Grau-Bove (Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London) and Evy Vereecken (KU Leuven and Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage), have investigated in [...]

  • What Acidic Compounds are Really Emitted by Historic PVC?

    July 31st, 2025IPublication, ResearchI

    A new study by HSLL researchers, published in npj Heritage Science, sheds new light on the acidic emissions produced during the degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), a material widely found in heritage collections. In the paper titled “Poly(vinyl chloride) degradation: [...]

  • International ARCHE Workshop on Cultural Heritage Policy and Management

    July 25th, 2025IImpactI

    On 3–4 June 2025, the University of Ljubljana hosted the international workshop “Connecting Southeast Europe and the Mediterranean: ARCHE in Collaboration with the SMACH Forum”, bringing together over 70 experts, policymakers, and professionals in cultural heritage. Co-organised by the EU-funded [...]