This work is directly connected to the 1500th anniversary of the Abbey of St-Maurice founded in 515. In order to celebrate the event, important redevelopments of the Treasure of the Abbey are in progress for a new exhibition space. In this context, an exhibition showing pieces of the Treasure will take place in the prestigious Louvre Museum in spring 2014. Ways of packaging the objects for the...
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...