The Polychromy of Funerary Potraits from Palmyra

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A new publication from researchers at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and the University of Copenhagen, including Dr. Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo, is now available and freely accessible in Heritage : “Palmyrene Polychromy: Investigations of Funerary Portraits from Palmyra in the Collections of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen”. The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark) possesses the largest …

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Join the lecture: Modelling the lifetime of PVC in collections by Tjaša Rijavec

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On Thurday 23 June 2022 at 4:30pm CET, we invite you to a lecture by Tjaša Rijavec a PhD student of Chemical Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology.  The lecture titled ”Modelling the lifetime of PVC in collections” is part of the MCI – Topics in Museum Conservation and …

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UNCERTIR: 3270 spectra collected at the National and University Library

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Within the EU-funded UNCERTIR project, about 100 books dated from 1851 and 2000 have been randomly selected from the collection of the National and University Library of Slovenia (NUK). These books have been assessed visually and the near infrared (NIR) spectra of paper were measured. The analyses have been carried out by the fellow Dr …

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Join the lecture: Understanding Islamic Paper by Dr Hassan Ebeid

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On Thurday 19 May 2022 at 4:30pm CET, we invite you to a lecture by Dr Hassan Ebeid (Project ISLAPAP) a Marie Curie Fellow from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology.  The lecture titled ”Understanding Islamic Paper – Materials and Techniques” is part of the MCI – Topics in Museum Conservation …

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E-RIHS IP – European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science – Implementation Phase

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The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) was designed as a pan-European distributed infrastructure with the vision of replacing the traditional science-for-art approach to conservation through the new widely interdisciplinary sector of Heritage Science (HS) to improve the understanding and sustainable preservation of cultural heritage. Figure 1: Timeline of the alignment among IPERION HS, …

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ARCHE – Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe

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The Cultural Heritage (CH) Research and Innovation (R&I) landscape has changed significantly over the past few years. New political, technological and socio-economic parameters put emphasis on improving protection, conservation and restoration efficiency of European CH with green technologies, as well as developing and further exploiting high quality digitisation, open access and curation of digital assets. …

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Installation of new olfactory port for sensory analysis

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The Heritage Science Laboratory at the University of Ljubljana has just made one more step on the path of sensory analysis of cultural heritage. The installation of an Olfactory Port from GLSciences as an additional detector on a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument will improve the characterisation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Smell samples of cultural heritage …

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GREENART – Green Restoration

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Maintenance and preservation of cultural heritage are crucial to the required reduction of risks caused by unfavourable environmental conditions as a consequence of climate change. However, traditional and also some contemporary materials and techniques of remedial and preventive conservation may not be entirely sustainable, e.g. they may be the result of energy-consuming production processes or …

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Heritage Science for Schoolchildren at the Technical Museum

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The Technical Museum of Slovenia, located in Bistra, Vrhnika is well known for its extensive collections and displays of technical heritage. From 12-14 April 2022 the Museum hosted a series of science engagement events in collaboration with the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. The programme was primarily intended for schoolchildren/students and …

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