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05.10.2013
Rathgen-Forschungslabor
The Rathgen Research Laboratory hosted the international workshop 'Heritage Science and Sustainable Development for the Preservation of Art and Cultural Assets - On the Way to the Green Museum' in Berlin on the 11 and 12 April 2013. Videos of the workshop lectures are now available on the internet. You can access the videos via the links below.
Heritage Science and Sustainable Development for the Preservation of Art and Cultural Assets - On the Way to the Green Museum
Welcome addresses:
H. Parzinger, President, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
S. Simon, Director, Rathgen-Forschungslabor
Session 1: Understanding material behaviour
1-1: Material analyses elucidating alteration processes of works of art, C. Herm
1-3: Learning from the extremes: outdoor monument corrosion, M. Mach
1-4: Weathering of Medieval stained glass, M. Schreiner, M. Melcher, M. de Bardi
1-6: The mode of formation of acetate salts in museum environments, M. Steiger
1-7: From celluloid to biobased plastics: What's new?, T. B. van Oosten
1-9: Remain in light: approaches to gallery lighting at the V&A, B. Pretzel
1-12: Determining allowable environments for cultural materials and objects, M. F. Mecklenburg
Session 2: Understanding environments
2-2: Low-VOC and zero-VOC products - helpful tools on the way to a "green" museum?, A. Schieweck
2-8: Environment monitoring and control techniques used in National Museum of China, Zhang Jin Ping
2-10: The Bizot initiative: a dilemma for preventive conservation?, A. Burmester
2-11: Risk and uncertainty: precaution and honesty, J. Ashley-Smith
Session 3: The economic and ecologic dimension
3-1: Carbon footprinting museum loans: tools and findings, S. Lambert
3-3: The current trend of green museum in Japan, T. Ishizaki
3-4: Sustainable climate control in museums - preservation and economics, T. Broström, C. Gaskell, G. Leijonhufvud
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