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Conservation and restoration of movable cultural property is a term used to denote the conservation of movable cultural property items in libraries, archives, museums and private collections. Conservation encompasses all the actions taken toward the long-term preservation of cultural heritage .
The conservation and restoration of cultural property focuses on protection and care of cultural property (tangible cultural heritage), including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections. [1] Conservation activities include preventive conservation, examination, documentation, research, treatment, and education. [2]
Restoration "focuses on the retention of materials from the most significant time in a property's history, while permitting the removal of materials from other periods." [4] Reconstruction, "establishes limited opportunities to re-create a non-surviving site, landscape, building, structure, or object in all new materials." [4]
The term "restoration" refers to a manner of care or treatment in which the goal is to bring an object back to its original appearance or function. [5] " Restoration" can be part of the care and treatment of an object and is a subset of the umbrella term "conservation". [ 5 ]
Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects is a process dedicated to the preservation and protection of objects of historical and personal value made from ceramic. Typically, this activity of conservation-restoration is undertaken by a conservator-restorer , especially when dealing with an object of cultural heritage .
Conservation and restoration of parchment; Conservation and restoration of photographs; Book rebinding; Radiography of cultural objects including X-ray microtomography combined with digital analysis techniques are methods used to access the contents of sealed documents or fragile scrolls while conserving the integrity of the physical substrate.
An Objects conservator is a professional, working in a museum setting or private practice, that specializes in the conservation of three-dimensional works. They undergo specialized education, training, and experience that allows them to formulate and implement preventive strategies and invasive treatment protocols to preserve cultural property ...
Conservation-restoration is the practice of cleaning and discovering the original state of an object, investigating the proper treatments and applying those treatments to restore the object to its original state without permanently altering the object, and then preserving the object to prevent further deterioration for generations to come (Caple, p. 5-6). [1]