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The preservation and conservation of our cultural heritage is a significant contemporary world wide concern. Advanced scientific methods and techniques are essential for the identification of materials and processes which take place in the historic objects. These methods can also help in deeper understanding of the technology and craftsmanship of old masters. Modern analytical methods are important in the authenticity studies and can be applied as diagnostic techniques in the practical conservation.

The aim of the Meeting is to promote the development and use of X-ray techniques in order to extract information from the objects of cultural heritage. It is also a forum to bring together scientists, whose major expertise is in a high-tech field, and museum professionals (conservators and curators) whose particular responsibility is the organization and preservation of collections, and to spread the newest results in the area of scientific investigations of art objects.

The Meeting will be focused on investigations of historic materials like pigments, stone, mortars, glass, ceramics, metal alloys as well as on corrosion and deterioration processes in historic objects, by X-ray techniques and closely related methods. The first day of the meeting will be focused on the investigations of Rembrandt’s paintings from Polish museums.

As Krakow is the most important heritage complex in Poland, the Meeting will be an occasion to visit several attractive museums and galleries, as well as our scientific laboratories.

We hope that you will find all the information you may need on this web site. We are looking forward to meeting you in Krakow.