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“Up close” at Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana
The exhibition “Up close” was set up at the Museum of Modern Art in Ljubljana from 22. December 2022 until 16. April 2023, which showed preservation, protection, and conservation of modern and contemporary art works: Exhibition | Up close: Preservation, [...]
The Role of Academia in Art and Science Collaboration
The Slovenian Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, in collaboration with the German Embassy and the SAW Centre in Ottawa, organised a 2-day SCI-ART symposium on 25 and 26 March 2023, showcasing a number of internationally acclaimed artists, scientists, and researchers from [...]
Damage Function for Yellowing of PVC
Our PhD researcher Tjaša Rijavec along with Matija Strlič and Irena Kralj Cigić recently published the paper “Damage function for poly(vinyl chloride) in heritage collections” in Polymer Degradation and Stability: full article Yellowing of plastic objects due to chemical degradation [...]
PhD position in preventive conservation (deadline 5 April)
The HSLL is pleased to announce a new PhD opportunity ("Young Researcher" scheme) in the field of preventive conservation. This is a fully funded 4-year scholarship (stipend and fees), EU and International applications are equally welcome. We are looking for [...]
HSLL Visit to Ain Shams University (Egypt)
HSLL delegates Professor Dr Matija Strlič, Professor Dr Abdelrazek Elnaggar and Dr Hassan Ebeid, visited the Ain Shams University (Egypt) last week for a high-profile meeting with Professor Dr Mohamed Ayman Saleh, the Vice President of for Postgraduate Studies and [...]
Interview with HSLL Lead in Chemistry World
In the article published in Chemistry World, titled The smell of history (16 January 2023), the journalist Nina Notman discusses the challenges of understanding, preservation and recreation of smells of historic and heritage objects, such as books or perhaps "potica", the typical Slovenian [...]
Preserving the inflatable Trump baby blimp
Researchers at the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, researchers at University College London (UCL) and conservators at the Museum of London have collaborated in interdisciplinary research in the field of heritage science, [...]
Citizen Science for Remote Heritage Monitoring
Research in collaboration with University College London and Historic Environment Scotland, suggests citizen heritage science as an effective method to gather reliable data for monitoring and documenting heritage sites. For large heritage organisations the monitoring and documentation of sites presents [...]
Paleoproteomic profiling for identifcation of animal skin species in ancient Egyptian leather
A new publication from researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, including Dr. Abdelrazek Elnaggar; Proteomics and Metabolomics Research Program, Basic Research Department, Children’s Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal [...]
