Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2014.
The contamination of natural history collections by pesticides is well known. They represent a large array of organic and inorganic products. Used as repellents or insecticides, they create a public health problem for the museum personnel and the visitors. We have chosen to carry out a study on the contamination of the mammal and bird collection of the Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel by...
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
This thesis is about the seats of an old airplane Caravel dating from the early 1980’s, stored at the Air and Space Museum in Le Bourget, Paris, and which the damaged foam is likely to impede its presentation to the public. The current issue discussed here consist of three major goals, which are: propose long-term preservation techniques of the seat foam samples; propose materials or...
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
This Bachelor thesis presents the conception of a packing design for the storage and the transport of seven large archaeological clay pots. The pots and the risks of a transport were first examined. The major risks of a transport are the physical forces, which have a great influence on the preservation of ceramics. Shocks, abrasion, vibration and pressure are the main force-related effects. The...
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
The use of organic and inorganic biocides in ethnographical collections stayed for a long time a little documented practice. Nevertheless, it allowed the protection and the transmission of a large number of objects until our days. These substances can migrate, years later, on the surface of objects as crystallizations or gas. Because their toxicity can be high, their presence in collections...
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Mémoire de bachelor : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
On the eve of restructuring work on the creation of a restaurant, adjacent to the permanent exhibition area, the Musée des Monuments Français (MMF) initiates a reflection on the establishment of an emergency plan in case of fire. Indeed, a reassignment period represents an increased risk of a fire starting. Many disasters that took place in cultural institutions were caused by hot work...
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
Wood, like any material of organic nature, is rarely found in archaeological excavations, unlike iron remains. Sometimes these two materials find themselves in contact during their burial in the ground, either because they are part of the same object, or because they were brought together voluntarily or accidentally. Sometimes wood may have been preserved in contact with a metallic artifact,...
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
This master’s dissertation presents the analysis of a Japanese coins collection kept at the Museum der Kulturen Basel. Having observed some particular alterations on the items, the conservators of the Museum asked for an in-depth research work to be undertaken on this phenomenon. In this way the purpose of the study involves identifying the nature of materials and their alterations, finding...
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
This thesis deals with the conservation-restoration of two shields from Papua New Guinea (PNG). These wooden shields are adorned with mosaics of feathers. The anthropomorphic and geometric patterns have been disorganized over the time compromising their reading and aesthetic appreciation. The Museum für Völkerkunde von Burgdorf (Switzerland) wished to give back the physical stability of the...
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2015.
The fossil fishes from the Sceltrich beds (Monte San Giorgio, Tessin, Switzerland), dating from the Ladinian age, are embedded in a calcareous matrix. To allow their study, they are mechanically developed. Depending on the specimens and rock features, these treatments are long, can cause damage and be imprecise. Through our research, we evaluated acidic development methods, which dissolve or...
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2016.
This master thesis concerns the conservation-restoration of six uncommon specimens of the botanical spirit collection of the botanical Museum of Zurich University. Our study focused firstly to define and present the nature and components of a spirit collection via a literary journal. This revealed a large panel of techniques and materials employed within this type of collection and specificities...
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