KulturGutRetter | Movable cultural heritage

Experts from the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA) are developing a mobile laboratory for the initial care of cultural assets in crises in cooperation with the DAI as part of KulturGutRetter. Movable cultural property, such as archaeological objects in museums and collections, can be endangered by crises and natural disasters.

KGR-Rettungsmodul - Nassreinigung. © LEIZA // René Müller

DAI Standort  Berlin Head Office

Disziplinen  Kulturgüterschutz

Team  Christoph Rogalla von Bieberstein

Fokus  Kulturerhalt/Cultural Heritage

Disziplin  Kulturgüterschutz

Methoden  Dokumentation, Restaurierungs- und Denkmalpflegemethoden

Partner  Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)

Förderer  Auswärtiges Amt

Projekt-ID  5946

Überblick

As part of the KulturGutRetter project, restoration and conservation experts are testing and developing a multi-functional, scalable and transportable system for rescuing cultural assets after disasters. The mobile laboratory enables the necessary initial treatment of mobile cultural assets in crisis areas. In an emergency, a large number of damaged artefacts can be serially conserved in the shortest possible time. The development of these special tables is an essential part of the KulturGutRetter  project and of the deployable Cultural heritage Response Unit (CHRU). The rescue modules and the associated scientifically based minimal standard procedures, basic standards and workflows are being developed at the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA), formerly the Romano-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM).

The universally deployable tables can be set up quickly. In a defined process chain, the affected cultural artefacts are first registered on-site, cleaned and prepared for transport and storage based on research-based emergency concepts.

Fachleute der KulturGutRetter entwickeln ein mobiles Labor für die Erstversorgung von Kulturgut in Krisensituationen. © LEIZA // René Müller
KGR-Rettungsmodul - Trockenreinigung mit Mikroskop. © LEIZA // René Müller