PřF:C2860 Theory of environment and prev - Course Information
C2860 Theory of environment and preventive conservation
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Gabriela Vyskočilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Gabriela Vyskočilová, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science - Prerequisites
- Intended for students of Chemistry of conservation-restoration.
- 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
- Chemistry of Conservation - Restoration (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the influence of different factors of the environment (temperature, relative humidity, light, pollutants...) to cultural heritage artefacts made of different materials. Besides the knowledge of influencing itself, students will be learnt to propose the most convenient conditions in relation to individual materials and they will be acquainted with methods how to set, monitor and keep the conditions in practice. Understanding the relations is essential for any further work with cultural heritage artefacts.
- Learning outcomes
- The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with the influence of different factors of the environment (temperature, relative humidity, light, pollutants...) to cultural heritage artefacts made of different materials. Besides the knowledge of influencing itself, students will be learnt to propose the most convenient conditions in relation to individual materials and they will be acquaint with methods how to set, monitor and keep the conditions in practice. Understanding the relations is essential for any further work with cultural heritage artefacts.
- Syllabus
- 1) INTRODUCTION TO PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION I - preventive conservation and modern museum, ethical standards
- 2) INTRODUCTION TO PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION II - legislation, literature, history, institutions
- 3) TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY - effects of temperature and humidity to collection objects, measurement, regulation
- 4) LIGHT - effects of UV, VIS and IR radiation to collection objects, measurement, regulation
- 5) POLLUTANTS - internal and external pollutants, monitoring, regulation
- 6) BIOLOGICAL DEGDRADATION OF COLLECTIONS - degradation by pests, pest management, negative influence of man
- 7) COLLECTIONS PROTECTION IN AND OUT OF MUSEUM - preventive conservation during storage, exhibition, study, documentation and transportation, particularity of depository and exhibition hall
- 8) PARTICULARITIES OF PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION OF INORGANIC MATERIALS - preventive conservation of metals, glass, ceramics and stone
- 9) PARTICULARITIES OF PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION OF ORGANIC MATERIALS - preventive conservation of wood, leather, paper, textile, synthetic polymers and data storage devices
- 10) COLLECTIONS PROTECTION IN CRISIS SITUATIONS - crisis plan, protection against fire, water, atmospheric factors, principles of treatment of collections affected by fire, water
- 11) RISK MANAGEMENT - PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION POLICY - indicators of effectivity of preventive conservation by ICCROM, risk management employment in the field of cultural heritage, ways of preventive conservation implementation
- Literature
- recommended literature
- Preventivní ochrana sbírkových předmětů. Edited by Petra Štefcová. Vydání druhé. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2001, 62 stran. ISBN 8070361298. info
- KOPECKÁ, Ivana. Preventivní péče o historické objekty a sbírky v nich uložené. Praha: Larus press servis, 2002, 109 s. ISBN 80-86234-28-2. info
- ĎUROVIČ, Michal. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2002, 517 s. ISBN 8071853836. info
- not specified
- SELUCKÁ, Alena, Martin MRÁZEK, Ivo ŠTĚPÁNEK, Michal MAZÍK, Hana GROSSMANNOVÁ, Pavel JIRÁSEK, Pavel HOLMAN, Petr JAKUBEC, Jana FRICOVÁ, Zdeněk VÁCHA, Jan ČERVENÁK, Martin DVOŘÁK, Václav NĚMEC, Markéta DUŠKOVÁ, Igor FOGAŠ and Jiří BAČOVSKÝ. Metodika uchovávání předmětů kulturní povahy. Brno: Technické muzeum v Brně, 2018, 109 stran. ISBN 9788087896402. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture, course, excursion.
- Assessment methods
- Semestral project and its presentation,
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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