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 THE BENAKI MUSEUM CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Services Collaborations Contact The conservation department of the Benaki Museum, founded in 1974, currently comprises of six laboratories specialized in the conservation of icons and oil paintings, paper, textiles, ceramics, metalwork, as well as large scale objects such as wood carvings, wallpaintings and mosaics. The departments main activity is the technical examination
and practical treatment (conservation and restoration) of the various
artifacts of the museum’s collections, as well as the prevention of
any further deterioration of their condition by controlling the environmental
conditions in the exhibition and storage rooms. In recent years, growin area of the departments activities is the technical examination on artifacts, regarding their structure, materials and state of preservation. This is established either in the department, with the application of specialized photographic techniques, x-raying and careful observation through optical microscopy, or with the implementation of physicochemical analytical techniques, in collaboration with external research and educational institutions. By its participation in research programs of the E.
U., the department aims towards the better understanding of the structure
and the technology of the various artifacts, the improvement of the
materials and the techniques applied during conservation procedures,
the gradual renewal of the departments equipment, as well as the collaboration
with institutions bearing common interests and goals. A relatively recent area of the departments development is the conservation of objects belonging to third parties (museums, institutions, temples, monasteries etc.) as well as private collectors, which cannot maintain a conservation studio. In this respect the department may also provide third parties with information regarding the monitoring of the environmental conditions of storage and exhibition rooms. The conservation department has up to now worked for:
The conservation department has up to now participated
in three E.U. programs; Laserart and Holauthentic (icons and paintings
laboratory) The department has also collaborated with: For further information, please contact the laboratories at: Laboratory 1 (icons, oil paintings, metalwork, and large-scale
objects) : E-mail: conservation@benaki.gr
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