Title: Ancient Chinese lime-based building materials: Its archaeometric studies and conservation materials development Presenter: Xiao Ma Event Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4 p.m. (PT) Event Location: Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located RSVP HERE Abstract: From a material perspective, there were two types of materials involved in the studies of cultural heritage artifacts: […]
Title: Exploring Sustainable Conservation Practices: Insights from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP). Presenter: Ana Carolina Delgado Vieira Event Date Friday, May 31st, 2024 at 11 a.m. (PT) Event Location Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located RSVP HERE Abstract: For decades, ethnographic museums have treated their collections with pesticides. To preserve organic objects, these […]
Title: Lessons from La Frontera: Conserving Earthen Architecture in the U.S./Mexico Borderland Presenter: Alex B. Lim Event Date Friday, March 8th, 2024 at 11 a.m. (PT) Event Location Wherever your zoom-compatible device is located RSVP Link Description: The Sonoran Desert has been home to diverse cultures. Many tangible remains of the interactions between the landscape […]
Toxic Heritage in Museum Collections – History, Impact and Mitigation of Pesticides Event Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11 a.m. (PT) Presenter: Helene Tello RSVP Link The use of pesticides in museum collections at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century will be discussed in the socio-political context of […]
Dra. María Olvido Moreno Guzmán, Independent Researcher Renée Riedler, Weltmuseum Wien Carlos Barrera Reyes, Na Bolom Museum November 16th 11:00-12:00 PDT RSVP Here In the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico, valuable 20th century replicas of unique feather objects are permanently exhibited in the Mexica Hall. This conservation-education strategy of creating replicas dates to 1938, originally serving […]
