WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

Venue: Anfiteatro Nobre of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto
(FLUP - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto).

24.05.09
07:00 -18:30
Visit to the Museu do Douro, Peso da Régua
(Porto – Peso da Régua – Porto / Cruise down the River Douro)
07:00
Passengers gather at the Campanhã Station* – Porto
07:25
Departure, bound for the city of Peso da Régua
09:15
Arrival at the city of Peso da Régua
09:30 - 11:30
Museu do Douro
- Coffee break
- Guided visit by the Director
11:45
Passengers gather at the Régua Wharf
12:00
Cruise begins, bound for the city of Porto
  - Appetizer is served – Port Wine
  - Lunch is served on board
14:00
Passage by the Carrapatelo Dam
17:00
Passage by the Crestuma/Lever Dam
  - Snack is served on board
18:30
Scheduled arrival at the city of Porto
  * In case of C.P. Train strike, the travel will be made by bus.
     
25.05.09
09:00 - 09:30
Registration and collecting of COST reimbursement forms
09:30 - 10:00
Welcome
10:00 - 11:00
Session I
Showcases, aesthetics and ambience of architecture and materials

Chair: Annemie Adriaens
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Belgium

00:30
Paulo Providência
Paulo Providência - Arquitectos Associados, Lda.
Keynote speech

Showcases, design. Criteria
00:30
Jenny Cousins
English Heritage, London, United Kingdom
Keynote speech

Beyond the box: interpretatiuon and access
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:30
Session II
Design, construction and location of showcases: risks and the integrated preservation programme.

Chair: René van Grieken
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium

00:30
Willem Hekman
Security, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Keynote speech

Safety, security and emergency response
00:30
Peter Brimblecombe
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Keynote speech

The showcase environment and interaction with materials, synergisms and air quality
12:30 - 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 - 16:10
Session III
Environment. Monitoring, damage prediction and control methodologies. Case studies.

Chair: Ira Rabin
Analysis of Cultural Assets
Berlin, Germany & Jerusalem, Israel

00:20
Alexandra Schieweck, Tunga Salthammer
Material Analysis and Indoor Chemistry, Braunschweig
Germany
Influencing factors on indoor quality within museum showcases
00:20
Michel Dubus
C2RMF/Préventive Conservation, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
Corrosion rate mechanisms / OnGuard and surface resistance studies
00:20
Virginia Costa, David Thickett
Conservare, France
Dependence of the tarnishing rate of metallic surfaces on the exposure location in different heritage sites in UK
00:20
Elin M. Dahlin, Terje Grøntoft, Susana Lopez-Aparicio
Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
Early warning dosimeter for environmental conditions inside showcases – results from monitoring campaigns in Europe
00:20
Agnès Lattuati-Derieux
Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
VOC measurement from a wax sculpture in a showcase using SPME-GC/MS
16:10 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 - 18:30
Session IV
Environment. Interaction mechanisms with the materials and synergistic effects. Monitoring, damage prediction and control methodologies. Case studies _Air quality

Chair: Paula Menino Homem
Department of Heritage Studies (DCTP), Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP), Portugal

00:20
R. Van Grieken, V. Kontozova-Deutsch, M. Leona
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Case study of air pollutants in European and American museum showcases
00:20
Kaare Lund Rasmussen, Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, Jens Glastrup
Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Natural Science Faculty, University of Southern, Denmark
The showcase containing the remains of the Danish King St. Knud (II) the Holy (+AD 1086)
00:20
Tomasz Łojewski, Tomasz Sawoszczuk
Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
How safe are safes?
00:20
Manfred Torge, O. Hahn, Ira Rabin, O. Wilke, O. Jann
BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und – prüfung, Germany
The need of the standardization of the emission measurements in showcases
00:20
Shin Maekawa
The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, USA
Getty’s oxygen-free display cases; concepts, designs and applications
00:20
Jacob Thomas, Stephen Hackney , Joyce Townsend
Conservation Science, Tate, United Kingdom
Anoxic framing solutions for display of works of art on paper
   
26.05.09
09:00 - 10:40
Session V
Environment. Interaction mechanisms with the materials and synergistic effects. Monitoring, damage prediction and control methodologies. Case studies _RH/T

Chair: Anne-Laurence Dupont
Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

00:20
Michael John
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Development of showcases with high demands: the Treasury “Green Vault” in Dresden
00:20
Luisa Penalva, Márcia Vilarigues, Augusta Moniz Lima
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisboa, Portugal
Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
The Custódia de Belém: criteria for a new showcase
00:20
Bettina Sánchez Romero
Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Experiences with silica gel humidification at the Technisches Museum Wien
00:20
Gerard Śliwiński, Anna Kriegseisen
Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk, Poland
The showcase and monitoring of the Memling’s “Last Judgement” in the National Museum in Gdansk
00:20
Elżbieta Greiner-Wrona
Department of Glass and Enamel Technology and Amorphous Coatings, AGH-Technical University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, Krakow, Poland
Testing parameters of historical glass objects exposed in museum cabinets, by thermovision method.
10:40 - 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 - 12:20
Session VI
Design, construction and location of showcases: risks and the integrated preservation programme
- Environment _ Lighting

Chair: Vasco Fassina
Soprintendenza PSAE Veneto, Laboratorio Scientifico, Venice Italy

00:20
T. Ferreira, C. Costa, V. Pimenta, V. Ferreira, A. Manhita, H. Vargas, I. Ribeiro, A. Candeias
Chemistry Department, University of Évora, Portugal
Light degradation of yellow and red natural dyes: a systematic study
00:20
Anne-Laurence Dupont, Paula Menino Homem
Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Development of the LightCheck® light monitoring dosimeters
00:20
David Thickett
English Heritage, London, United Kingdom
Experiences of light in showcases
00:20
Boris Pretzel
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Showcases in the spotlight
12:20 - 14:30
Lunch break
14:30 - 15:50
Session VII
Design, construction and location of showcases: risks and the integrated preservation programme
- Environment _ Ventilation

Chair: Teresa Ferreira
Chemistry Department, University of Évora, Portugal

00:20
Alexandra Schieweck
Material Analysis and Indoor Chemistry, Braunschweig, Germany
Air flows and temperature distribution within museum showcases
00:20
David Thickett
English Heritage, London, United Kingdom
Benefits of measuring showcase air exchange rates and leakage paths
00:20
Cátia Candeias
Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP), Portugal / English Heritage, London, United Kingdom
Performance of showcases for organic Archaeology
00:20
Bart Ankerschmit
Institute for Cultural Heritage, Netherlands
Breathing showcases and the tarnishing of silver
15:50 - 16:10
Coffee break
16:10 - 18:30
Round table
Standardization

Moderator: David Thickett
English Heritage, London, United Kingdom

00:20
Vasco Fassina
Soprintendenza PSAE Veneto
Laboratorio Scientifico, Venice
Italy

Keynote speech

Showcases for permanent and temporary exhibitions: criteria and methods for performance evaluations in relation to air and gases tightness

00:20
Martina Griesser
Naturwissenschaftliches Labor
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Setting up new permanent exhibitions – experiences with the development and implementation of modern concepts for display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology, Vienna
00:20
Roland May
Centre Interrégional de Conservation et Restauration du Patrimoine, France
CENTC346 proposed standard for showcases
Other panellists
Ira Rabin
Analysis of Cultural Assets
Berlin, Germany & Jerusalem, Israel
Jurek Stankiewicz
Conservation Department, National Library, Prague, Czech Republic
Boris Pretzel
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Discussion  
18:30 - 19:00
Closing Session