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Historic keyboard instruments in the collections of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
The Klassik Stiftung Weimar has begun extensive conservation work on historic keyboard instruments dating between 1790 and 1850 – four fortepianos and a table piano - which paradigmatically demonstrate how the art of piano-making developed through...
Conservation of historic anatomical collections
The Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt owns extremely rare collections of anatomical and histological specimens. The KUR project conserved its Comparative Anatomy, Embryology and Histology Collections and...
Preserving a chapter of German photographic history 1945 - 1960
The German Photographic Library at the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden (SLUB) maintains an important photo archive of German art and cultural history. The KUR project aimed to preserve and publish all 68,000 film negatives which...
Anti-aging treatment for cultural assets with elastomer components
Elastomers, such as rubber, have played an integral part in daily life, the art world, technology and other areas since the 19th century. They possess a diverse array of characteristics which make them useful in household goods, clothing, toys,...
The Sing-Akademie Bachiana – Preservation and conservation
The Sing Akademie zu Berlin, founded in 1791, is the oldest civic chorus and concert association in the world. This non-profit organization receives no public subsidies and finances its diverse cultural activities through sponsoring. After the...
Architectural drafts in the Hans Scharoun Archive
The Berlin Academy of the Arts owns an important collection of 12,000 drafts by the architect Hans Scharoun (1893-1972). Because of material-technical problems and improper storage in cardboard tubes, the drafts could no longer be handled, and thus,...
ILKAR – Integrated solutions for the preservation, archiving and conservation of endangered magnetic tapes and cylinders
The music archive at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin owns a unique collection of traditional music from regions all around the world. The collection contains more than 30,000 wax cylinder records and almost 10,000 original field recordings on a...
In Uno Museum – Science and art in Görlitz
The Museum of Cultural History in Görlitz owns a unique collection of historic art cabinets containing such items as electrifying machines, furniture, prints and minerals. The specimens are displayed in rooms specially designed for the collections,...
Preservation of medieval stained glass with regard to special material and environmental factors
The stained glass panes in the High Chancel of the Erfurt Cathedral are among the most valuable of their kind in Germany. Yet these panes, which were manufactured in the Middle Ages, were threatened by adverse environmental effects. A mineralized...
Mediaartbase.de
Archiving media art has become increasingly important in the international art world. Although a large number of aesthetically valuable works have been produced in the last three decades, only few have been incorporated into existing archives. It is...