Today for Tomorrow – Tasks and Challenges of Conservation Science
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
