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What are these precious interior designs hidden in old houses in Damascus, Aleppo and elsewhere? What does fish have to do with these decorations? What are some of the techniques for preserving these designs? Watch this video to find out the answers with restoration expert Anke Scharrahs!
The Syrian Heritage Archive Project is located at the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin.
Related Links
Museum and the City: „Kulturgut ist Verhandlungssache: Stefan Weber und die Syrian Heritage Initiative“ im Blog der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
Project website: Syrian Heritage Archive
Syrian Heritage Initiative
“Memories from Aleppo” (the full text in Arabic and English)
Museum and the City: “Im Innern des Aleppo-Zimmers: Restaurierung einer Ikone” on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Exhibition
Damascus and Aleppo - cities at risk
News
The Museum für Islamische Kunst is Supporting the Reconstruction of the Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo
“Interactive Heritage Map of Syria” to Receive Further Funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2021
The “Syrian Heritage Archive Project” for the creation of a digital register of cultural heritage is to continue in 2016
Press release
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