Today for Tomorrow – Tasks and Challenges of Conservation Science
Today for Tomorrow – Tasks and Challenges of Conservation Science
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What challenges and tasks will conservators and conservation
scientists face in the future? Changing climatic conditions are reflected in altered damage mechanisms; in some regions, climate-induced
degradation and weathering will proceed faster than before. It is therefore necessary to forecast, investigate and evaluate
damage processes to develop proposals for solutions.
The sustainability debate has long reached
museums and storage facilities. Ecological, economic, and socially relevant preservation strategies are needed, these should
also be sustainable. After a brief interruption due to the pandemic, mass tourism has once again become a problem in many
places. The concentrated influx of visitors to (World) Heritage sites leads to damage and destruction of cultural assets.
Today, the climate crisis, sustainability, and mass tourism are among the major challenges in conservation science and restoration.
The lectures will present three different dissertation projects that highlight the current broad spectrum of conservation
science.
Programme:
16.00 Welcome
Gabriela Krist, Head of IoC
16.05 Climate change and outdoor stone monuments
Marija Milchin, Senior Conservator IoC | Doctoral
Student IoC
16.35 Game changer: CO2 balancing in museums?
Tanja Kimmel, Senior Conservator
IoC| Doctoral Student IoC
17.05 Enjoying cultural heritage sustainably: How can the awareness
of tourists at Schönbrunn Palace be influenced towards responsible behaviour in its historical state rooms?
Marie-Christine
Pachler, Senior Conservator Schönbrunn Palace | Doctoral Student IoC
