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Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Etude et identification des matériaux de rembourrage des spécimens naturalisés anciens : le cas des collections du Musée d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel

Bénesteau, Gaëlle

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.

The taxidermy is the art to shape an animal skin on a dummy, recreating the appearance of the animal during his life. The materials used to give back the volume are very varied. These stuffings can be vegetable, animal, mineral or synthetic, and have their malleability in common. The problem is that the nature of these materials is poorly documented, and unknown because of their internal and...

Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration

Documentation et caractérisation de l'état de dégradation de peaux de mammifères : évaluation d'un corpus conservé au Musée d'histoire naturelle de Neuchâtel

Goetz, Anne-Catherine

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2016.

The taxidermy is the art of shaping an animal skin to give it the appearance of life, while ensuring its preservation. This goes from the preparation of the skin to its mounting. The choice and application of skin preservation methods are essential and decisive stages, because they will influence the stability of the specimen in the long term. A large share of skins stored in museums of natural...