From 13 to 16 October 2009 at the State Historical Museum will I scientific-practical conference "Attribution, preservation and restoration of monuments museum».

relevance of this scientific-practical conference prompted by the emergence of a number of problems encountered in the field of museological activity.

Study of collections and individual items of applied and fine arts at the present stage has a number of features. New opportunities in the field of computer science, the emergence of a wide range of literature on the art of Russia, Europe, America had the opportunity to clarify or revise the number of full attribution of previous years. Expansion of the antique market in Russia, which has undergone recent transformation, reflected in the formation of museum collections. The cost of art objects has increased several times, the geographical scope through imported from abroad, antiquities expanded. Significant impact on his conversion and has an active private gathering in remote regions of Russia. The high cost of antiquities provoked the emergence of a large number of counterfeits in the field of "production" replica, and in the field of "sostarivaniya" items XIX - first half of the twentieth century. The problem of attribution of such monuments is important acute today.

Association of problems of attribution, preservation and restoration is justified by their close relationship with each other: neither scientific attribution, no scientific studies are not possible without restoration of technology and style work. Any museum object carries information, which consists not only in the image or text, but also in the materials from which it was created, in the technique of manufacture. Great importance for the art historian and restorer to have so-called "traces of existence" that can tell a lot about the life of the object, its owners, the old methods of restoration. Program preservation of museum objects includes not only activities of preventive conservation, but also the introduction of modern technology to improve nepovrezhdayuschih methods of research, for creating an electronic insurance fund objects and curatorial records, etc.

The proposed conference aims to unite researchers museums, restorers, researchers, private collectors and other interested individuals to exchange information and solutions arising from the attribution and restoration problems. As a result of the conference will be prepared for publication a collection of reports. The conference is planned every two years.

Program of the conference can be found here .

Source: museum.ru