Postgraduate Course "Management of technical resources in the conservation of Cultural Heritage" (3rd Ed)

Scope and purpose of the course

The common heritage of a society is contained in its cultural heritage and therefore it is society itself that must be concienciada in future conservation and preservation. The fieldHeritage properties of conservation studies  is an emerging asset with great potential for the future. However, the management of technical resources is difficult to carry out because they are often unaware.

The course is dedicated to the management of these resources in studies of cultural conservation. It covers legal issues of a general, technical resources and conservation archaeometric study of various materials (glass, metal, ceramic, stone, paper, parchment), technical resources nondestructive evaluation and monitoring, as well as specific cases in museum management , libraries and archives.

The course is complemented by practical classes in which there will be demonstrations of the experimental work carried out with original historical samples and processes for manufacturing the simulated material.

There will be a day devoted to theoretical and practical conservation in museums which will be held at the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Center.

Finally, a technical visit to the Tomás Navarro Tomás Library, located in the CCHS, which reservoir hosts, apart from one of the largest specialized library collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences, an old background with medieval manuscripts, incunabula and printed editions from the sixteenth century, as well as collections of photographs, prints, maps and other documents, the format or preservation needs require special treatment.

Agenda

Theoretical

- Management, Inventory and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Spain. The case of the CSIC.

(Ocaña JA Martínez, head of Heritage Service, CSIC).

- Technical resources for evaluating and monitoring. Environmental sensors.

(MA Villegas Broncano, Institute of History, CCHS-CSIC).

- Technical resources in the conservation and study of ceramic materials.

(M. Garcia Heras, Institute of History, CCHS-CSIC).

- Technical resources in the conservation and study of metals.

(MA Villegas Broncano, Institute of History, CCHS-CSIC).

- Conservation in museums.

(Wall C. García, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Ministry of Culture).

- Technical resources in the conservation and study of stone materials.

(R. Sánchez Villegas, University of Sevilla).

- Technical resources in the conservation and study of glass.

(JM Fernández Navarro, honorary Professor CSIC).

- Conservation of bibliographical documents in archives and libraries.

(P. Martinez Olmo, Library Director Tomás Navarro Tomás, CCHS-CSIC).

Practical part

- Archaeometric study ceramics.

- Diagnosis and study of diseases of glass.

- Characterization of metal degradation processes.

- Degradation of stone materials.

- Evaluation of the acidity with environmental sensors.

-Technical visit to the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Center.

THE COURSE WILL BE HELD IN SPANISH