FPF:UHVM1033 Museum Conservation and Restor - Course Information

UHVM1033 Museum Conservation and Restoration IV

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Mgr. Hana Rajhelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Antonín Šimčík (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Hana Rajhelová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Antonín Šimčík (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Antonín Šimčík
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

Student must successfully pass the course M0016 - Museum Conservation II. or M1032 Museum Conservation and Restoration III.
Successful completion of the final test and the preparation and presentation of the essay.
Student must submit current medical certificate of his medical fitness for work in the laboratory of conservation center, where he works and manipulates with chemicals (acids, bases, volatile substances etc.)and uses chemical-physical instruments.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History - Museology (programme FPF, B7105 HiVe)

Course objectives

The aim of the seminar is to acquaint students with comprehensive issues of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage objects of selected organic materials. It is another step in laboratory practice and the extent of self-employment in the laboratory reflects the growing level of knowledge of students. Students can verify their theoretical knowledge seminar exercises in the Centre of restoration and conservation UHV. Attention will be given to textiles, selected animal materials (leather, parchment, horn, ivory, bone, eggshells) products from non-traditional materials (wicker, straw, husks, etc.) and synthetics materials. Students will be familiar with modern interventions involving research, preventive conservation, remedial conservation, restoration and documentation. Special lessons will focus on the principles of making copies of objects, the counterfeiting of artefacts, taxidermy preservation of nature and natural history collections. In two hours, will also be presented to specific protection of museum collections of different materials affected by water. The thesis also mentions the area of occupational safety and familiarization with the potential risks for staff and collections. The main task of the seminar will be writing a seminar paper - namely, developing a concept complex intervention on a given object. Each student will have to carry out survey, proposal intervention, conservation, storing and documentation. Listeners must continuously during the semester also process subtasks that they will be entered in the laboratory exercises. Above the results of seminar papers will be shared discussion moderated by the teacher.

Syllabus

• 1. Property damage and preserving procedures for photos.
  2. Property damage and exploration leather and parchment.
  3. Conservation and restoration techniques for leather and parchment.
  4. Features and damage fabrics.
  5. Conservation and restoration procedures for textiles.
  6. Property damage and preservation of other materials of animal origin.
  7. Property damage and preservation of other materials of vegetable origin.
  8. Property damage and preserving methods for plastics.
  9. Principles for making copies of articles. The issue of fakes.
  10. Principles of treatment of collections after hitting the water.
  11. Principles of treatment of collections after hitting the water.
  12. The specifics of caring for collections of nature - the basic procedures for preparation.

Literature

recommended literature
• WAYNE SMITH, C.:. Archaeological conservation using polymers. Practical applications for organic artifact stabilization. Tamu 2003. info
• ŠKRDLANTOVÁ, M.:. Biocidní ochrana plynováním. In: Ochrana památek plynováním, Seminář STOP. info
• SHASHOUA, Y.:. Conservation of plastics. Materials science, degradation and preservation. Oxford 2008. info
• KÜHN, H.:. ErhaltungundPflege von Kunstwerken. Materialund Technik, Konservierung und Restaurierung.Leipzig 2001. info
• PEDERSEN, M.C.:. Gem and Ornamenta lMaterials of Organic Origin. Amsterdam 2004. info
• BROOKS, M. M. - EASTOP, D. D. (Ed.):. Changing Views of Textile Conservation.Los Angeles 2011. info
• TÍMÁR-BALÁZSY, Á.:. Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation. Oxford 1998. info
• HARSOVÁ, J.:. Konzervace textilu. Učební text pomaturitního konzervátorského studia Národního muzea. Praha 1994. info
• HORIE, C. V.:. Materials for Conservation. Organic Consolidants, Adhesives and Coatings. Oxford 2010. info
• DEMOUTHE, J.F.:. Natural Materials: Sources, Properties and Uses. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. info
• KOPECKÁ, I. a kol.:. Preventivní ochrana sbírkových předmětů. info
• O'CONNOR, Sonia., BROOKS, Mary M. X. Radiography of textiles, dress and related objekts, Oxford: Elsevier, 2007. info
• KUČEROVÁ, L. - ŠKRDLANTOVÁ, M. - DOUBRAVOVÁ, K.:. Vliv barviv na degradaci textilií z rostlinných vláken v závislosti na klimatických podmínkách. In: Textil v muzeu, Brno 2009. info
• KOESLING, V. Vom Feuerstein zum Bakelit. Stuttgart, 1999. info
• ZELINGER, J. a kol. Konzervace pergamenu a jeho uložení. Praha, 1992. info

Assessment methods

Grade

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Successful completion of the final test and the preparation and presentation of the essay.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Cvičení	2
Přednáška	1
Summary	3

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