Education and Research: an Inevitable Requirement for Heritage Preservation in Cultural Memory Institutions

Authors

  • Josef Hanus Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology
  • Katarína Vizárová Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology
  • Radko Tiňo Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology
  • Milena Reháková Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology
  • Nina Lalíková Historical Museum of the Slovak National Museum, Podunajské Biskupice
  • Emília Hanusová University Library Bratislava

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33700/2670-451X.27.2.155-160(2017)

Keywords:

cultural heritage materials and objects, degradation, conservation, plasma treatment, cleaning, disinfection

Abstract

If we want to talk about training of archivists in the 21st century we must bear in mind that preservation of documents in their original form has to be one of the most important tasks of archivists - not only in the 21st century but every time. Generally, one of the principal tasks of archives, libraries, museums and other memory institutions is preservation of objects and materials of cultural heritage in their original form. It represents an enormous interdisciplinary complex problem. Participation of experts from different fields of science and technology, practical end-users, conservators and restorers supported by adequate financial background is inevitable in solution of partial problems in this field. The paper informs about the research project “Conservation and stabilisation of cultural heritage objects from natural organic compounds by low temperature plasma” and its aims at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

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2017-10-17

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Education and Research: an Inevitable Requirement for Heritage Preservation in Cultural Memory Institutions. (2017). Atlanti, 27(2), 155-160. https://doi.org/10.33700/2670-451X.27.2.155-160(2017)