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Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for the Conservation-Restoration Profession
Digital technology is increasingly reshaping the ways we understand, study, preserve, and present cultural heritage. But does digitalisation merely create new opportunities, or does it also bring new responsibilities and challenges for the conservation-restoration profession? [...]
Book Chapter Published on Systemic and Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management
Researchers from the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana have contributed a book chapter to the recently published volume Cultural Heritage Re-imagined: A Systemic Approach to Theory, Practice, and Management, edited by Matthias Ripp, Sushobhan Majumdar, and Claire Cave and published as [...]
E-RIHS.si at Work: HSLL at the 26th International Meeting of Conservators-Restorers
On 25 May 2026, the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) participated in the 26th International Meeting of Conservators-Restorers, organised by the Conservator-Restorers’ Society of Slovenia (DRS) at the Posavje Museum in Brežice, Slovenia. Ibrahim Elrefaey presented a poster and a [...]
SloveNile Platform at the EUTOPIA Science Diplomacy Summit in Brussels
SloveNile (The Slovenian Egyptian Heritage Science Platform) has been invited to be presented at the EUTOPIA Science Diplomacy Global Conference, taking place on 29 May 2026 at the Fondation Universitaire in Brussels. This participation highlights SloveNile as a concrete model [...]
Chemistry for Cultural Heritage 2026
The Chemistry for Cultural Heritage Working Party of the EuChemS (European Chemical Society) is delighted to announce the 8th Conference on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage to be held in Bled, Slovenia, from 8-11 June 2026! The ChemCH conference series has [...]
Experiences Through Sensorial Language in Arts and Heritage
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 [...]
MitiClim – Climate Change Mitigation Strategies for the Preservation of Slovenian Written Cultural Heritage Kick Off Meeting
The ARIS research project MitiClim (J7-70270), officially launched on April 21, 2026, at the National and University Library (NUK). MitiClim addresses the escalating challenges that climate change poses to the preservation of written cultural heritage. The research focuses on developing [...]
Innovative Sampling of Snuffbox Smells using HiSorb Probes
Doctoral student Emma Paolin with colleagues from the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana and the National Museum of Slovenia (NMS) have published a new study evaluating non-invasive sampling devices for heritage objects. The research compared the recently developed HiSorb probes with [...]
MATRES – Material Resilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change kick off meeting
The Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) is pleased to announce its active involvement in the large interdisciplinary research project MATRES – Material Resilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change (2025–2030), coordinated by the Faculty of Arts at the University [...]
HSLL Attends the Sustainable Chemistry (HOLOS) PhD Winter School
Randa Deraz, PhD researcher at Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) participated in the PhD Winter School “Holistic Learning of Sustainable Chemistry – HOLOS”, held from 27–30 January 2026 at University of Padova, Italy. The Winter School was organised by the [...]
Doctoral Student Demian Špaleta at MEDUSA Final Workshop
The PRIN 2022 MEDUSA final workshop will showcase recent scientific advances in the preservation and conservation of outdoor bronze artworks exposed to harsh environmental conditions. The event will focus particularly on methodologies and non-destructive analytical protocols for characterizing and monitoring [...]
