MUB_013 Practice in Museum Conservation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Karel Rapouch (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucia Miškolciová
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 19. 2. 14:00–17:40 TMB, Wed 1. 4. 14:00–17:40 TMB, Wed 22. 4. 14:00–17:40 TMB, Wed 13. 5. 14:00–17:40 TMB
Prerequisites
MUB_012 Museum Conservation
MUB_012 Museum Conservation Basics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/14, only registered: 0/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to the process of museological conservation of collection items involving the entry documentation, survey of the material, preventive and remedial conservation including restoration and copy-making. The course is conducted mainly in the form of demonstration examples and discussions to optimal treatment of selected collection items made of anorganic and organic materials. The intention is to support the proper decision-making process in determining the complex value of an item, to determine the appropriate conservation and restoration plan and the intervention rate. The processes are applied by the students on a given concrete item to which they will independently prepare the conservation-restoration documentation.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- characterize process of museum conservation of collection items and specifics of several materials;
- decision-making process in determining the complex value of an item
Syllabus
  • Principles of safety and hygiene of work at a conservation laboratory.
  • Preventive conservation, tool for optimization of microclimate conditions in museum environment - methods of measurement and regulation of relative humidity, temperature, lighting and cleanliness of the environment (chemical and biological factors).
  • Conservation of metal items - alloys of iron, copper and silver (survey, cleaning, stabilization, and surface treatment. Treatment of a concrete metal item according to the assignment and processing of conservation-restauration documentation.
  • Conservation of ceramics and glass - principles of survey, cleaning, glueing and filling in the missing parts, surface adjustments and retouching. Practical demonstration.
  • Conservation of wood - treatment of constructional points in historic objects and mobile collection items (survey, remediation, fixation, cleaning, impregnation, surface treatment). Demonstration.
  • Conservation of textiles, paper, and buff - identification processes of types of textile fibers, remediation, cleaning, impregnation, fixation and adjustments. Practical demonstration.
  • Copy-making for exhibition and education means - galvanoplastic copy, plaster cast. Practical demonstration.
Literature
  • BENEŠOVÁ, Jaroslava. Konzervování a restaurování kovů : ochrana předmětů kulturního dědictví z kovů a jejich slitin. Vyd. 1. Brno: Technické muzeum v Brně, Metodické centrum konzervace, 2011, 648 s. ISBN 9788086413709. info
  • ĎUROVIČ, Michal. Restaurování a konzervování archiválií a knih. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2002, 517 s. ISBN 8071853836. 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
  • • Základy muzejní konzervace. Muzeografické učební texty III., Moravské muzeum, Brno 1989.
Teaching methods
laboratory exercises, demonstration and practical demonstration
Assessment methods
colloquium - presentation on processed conservation-restauration documentation and discussion of the results; attendance at the laboratory exercises
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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