Wondering what all the GoGreen partners have been doing lately? You'll be able to hear about all of the project updates on March 11 when we will be hosting a webinar at 3pm CET! Mark your calendars, and keep an eye out for the registration link!
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Momoko Okuyama from rijksmuseum presented the GoGreen project recently at the Restauratoren Nederland (association of Dutch restorers) for their event titled “ICOM-CC Recycle Lectures” on Thursday 15 February. The presentation is based on the poster presented at the ICOM-CC Valencia in September 2023, describing the activities of the GoGreen project. Objectives of the GoGreen as well as introductions into the various research activities of the work packages were shared with conservators of various specializations active in the Netherlands. Great job Momoko!
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The Rijksmuseum will be contributing to the development of innovative green methods for the cleaning of easel paintings, and historic silver artefacts inspired by historical recipes and recently developed green methods. The aim of this research is to find substitutes to traditional environment- and operator-unfriendly methods without reducing the desired performance of materials. The Rijksmuseum will also test green solutions for the stabilisation of heritage objects from metal and glass substrates, as alternatives to the traditional environmentally-unfriendly methods. In addtion, they are working to define standards for greener conservation endorsed by the entire field.
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Which in turn will push the Rijks museum into being one of the few museums interested in sustainability. Way to go
GoGreenHorizon
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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the largest museum in the Netherlands. The collection contains 1.1 million (art) objects from and relating to the Netherlands from the Middle Ages until the 20th century. The Conservation & Science (C&S) department is housed in the Ateliergebouw, consisting of one science and six conservation disciplines. The activities of the entire department are focused on the understanding and preservation of the rich and diverse collection of the Rijksmuseum. Extensive technical research is used for collection studies and conservation treatments, and we are grateful to have their amazing research team as part of GoGreen! Close collaboration between the conservator, curator and scientist forms the cornerstone of the activities within the department, including the GoGreen research and development in sustainable practices.
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Greta! Participation in the GoGreen initiative showcases the museum's commitment to incorporating sustainable practices in its preservation efforts.
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The Rijksmuseum's Conservation & Science department plays a crucial role in the fight against climate change by contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage. Through extensive technical research and collaboration between conservators, curators, and scientists, they work towards understanding and conserving the rich collection of the museum. The department's involvement in initiatives like GoGreen demonstrates their commitment to sustainable practices, which is essential in addressing environmental challenges. By integrating sustainability into their research and development efforts, the Rijksmuseum sets an example for institutions worldwide on how cultural heritage can contribute to broader environmental goals.
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This museum has great history and it brings about great biodiversity
GoGreenHorizon
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SAATI, a multinational company, specializes in the development, production, and commercialization of technical fabrics, chemicals, and membranes tailored for industrial applications. Currently, the company is actively immersed in diverse research and development initiatives, placing a specific emphasis on advancements in nanomaterials and membranes. As a participant in the GoGreen project, SAATI assumes the role of an industrial partner. Leveraging its extensive expertise in nanomaterials, SAATI is committed to crafting sustainable alternative materials dedicated to the conservation and restoration of artworks, particularly centered around advanced electrospun membranes. By harnessing the high surface area and distinctive 3D morphology of nanofibers, SAATI's products play a crucial role in minimizing solvent retention and release by the membrane. This not only enhances cleaning efficiency but also concurrently reduces health risks for the user. This collaborative endeavor marks a significant stride forward in ensuring the enduring preservation and integrity of cultural treasures. Visit SAATI’s website here: https://www.saati.com/en
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SAATI's involvement in the GoGreen project, particularly its focus on nanomaterials and membranes for the preservation of artworks, exemplifies the intersection of innovation, sustainability, and cultural conservation.
GoGreenHorizon
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With a focus on preventive conservation, English Heritage (EH) will develop a series of damage functions for materials in indoor environments. Canvas paintings will be investigated by modelling and experimental testing of the influence of relative humidity (RH) on their chemical and physical degradation on a molecular level. Iron, Roman glass, Medieval European glass, and stone will be investigated by exposing material in a series of selected representative indoor environments, monitoring relevant parameters (temperature, RH, the deposition and composition of particulates, etc.) and measuring the corrosion rate over a 42-month period. This process will allow the team to create parameters for more sustainable environmental control decisions. Looking forward to sharing their findings!
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David Thickett of English Heritage has recently presented a collaborative paper on the non-destructive analysis of heritage materials at the 14th International Conference on non-destructive investigations and microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of cultural and environmental heritage in Brescia, Italy. This research will form a key contribution to one of the goals of the GoGreen project – to create more sustainable conservation environments by tailoring storage conditions to different object types. Many thanks to the hard-working organisers of this fruitful conference!
GoGreenHorizon
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THE FIRST EUROPEAN MANIFESTO FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE MUSEUMS Launched by a consortium of 14 entities as a result of an international workshop, the first Manifesto outlining 10 actions to be taken for the conservation and treatment of cultural heritage according to the best principles of environmental sustainability. Venice, Amsterdam, Paris, December 8, 2023 – Today, the Center for Cultural Heritage Technologies of the Italian Institute of Technology (CCHT-IIT), the University of Amsterdam/Rijksmuseum, and CNRS/École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay launch the first manifesto for sustainable conservation of cultural heritage. The manifesto aims to improve conservation practices and promote more sustainable and ecological methods in museum practices. During the COP28 in Dubai, the United Nations event on the climate crisis with the participation of over 70,000 attendees and delegates from 199 states, British museums released a joint statement emphasizing both the ambition to reduce the carbon footprint of museums and, more importantly, the ethical obligation to address this issue more broadly. Currently, museums significantly contribute to pollution due to non-eco-friendly practices, requiring, as highlighted by the UK statement, a complete overhaul of management, logistics, and materials. On December 8th, a High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on climate actions based on culture is scheduled at COP, making it a symbolic date for the launch of the manifesto. The manifesto originates from an international workshop organized in 2021 by CCHT-IIT, Rijksmuseum, the University of Amsterdam, and École Normale Supérieure de Paris-Saclay, titled "Green Conservation Materials for European Heritage”, hosted and funded by the Lorentz Center, a center of Leiden University, and the NWO (Dutch Research Council). During this occasion, representatives from 14 institutions, including universities (Université Paris-Saclay, Università Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna, University of Amsterdam, Universiteit Leiden, Haute Ecole Neuchatel, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, Humanitas University), research institutes (Italian Institute of Technology- IIT, Italian National Research Council CNR, Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences), organizations (KiCulture), entities (Rijksmuseum, English Heritage, The Courtauld Museum, The Mary Rose Trust), and industry professionals, shared their experiences and perspectives on current conservation practices. They laid the foundation for the manifesto, which includes 10 points representing a roadmap for defining key measures necessary to achieve more ecological conservation of European heritage. The 10 points outlined in the manifesto, available on the website www.greenculturalheritage.eu, reflect the commitment of the scientific and institutional community to transition towards more conscious and sustainable practices. This effort aims to ensure the safety of operators' health and the environment, contributing to the objectives set by the European Union's Green Deal initiative, which aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
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The launch of the first European Manifesto for More Sustainable Museums is a significant and commendable initiative. The manifesto, developed by a consortium of 14 entities, outlines 10 actions for the conservation and treatment of cultural heritage according to the best principles of environmental sustainability. This effort, presented during COP28, reflects a commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of museums and addressing the ethical obligation to promote sustainable practices. The manifesto's emphasis on conscious and ecological conservation practices aligns with broader climate goals and contributes to the European Union's Green Deal initiative for a climate-neutral continent by 2050.
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Very much behind this manifesto especially on greenwashing and community education
GoGreenHorizon
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The Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay is a multidisciplinary training and research centre with an international outlook. ENS Paris-Saclay offers students early and immersive contact with research and mobilises laboratories in their training in basic sciences, humanities, social sciences, and engineering. The main expertise that the ENS will bring to GoGreen through two units shared with the CNRS is in chemistry, data science, and the development of analytical methods to help in providing new assessment methodologies and restoration products.
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The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is developing innovative methods for evaluating GoGreen treatments. CNRS contributes to all aspects of the GoGreen project, with a particular focus on establishing methodologies for greener solutions. The essential expertise that CNRS brings to the GoGreen project is in-depth knowledge and research in chemistry, mechanics, data science, analytical methods and instrumentation. More information about this consortium member and its contributions can be found on our website.
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The development and evaluation of green and sustainable technologies are crucial in the global effort to address environmental challenges and promote more sustainable practices.
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University of Bologna (UNIBO), among other consortium members, will be developing innovative green cleaning materials for remedial conservation as part of their contribution to the GoGreen project. They aim to find or create materials that will have an equal or greater effect than traditional materials that are more harmful to the environment. Part of this process includes the development of analytical protocols to assess the effects of their innovative treatments. More details to come about what materials they will be developing over the course of this project!
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Way to go university of Bologna. I sure think other institutions of higher learning ought to emulate this
GoGreenHorizon
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The University of Bologna (UNIBO) is one of Italy's most prominent academic institutions and is well suited to lead the search for developing new green cleaning materials and analytical protocols for conservation practice. UNIBO has specific research competencies in the field of chemistry of cultural heritage inside their Department of Chemistry, Giacomo Ciamician, which has achieved the honor of being recognized twice as a department of excellence in Italy. The department hosts an internationally acclaimed specialised master's program in Science for Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage. The staff involved in the UNiBo team boast over 15 years of proficiency and success in European projects. More details about UNIBO and their contributions to GoGreen can be found on our website.
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Recently, Silvia Prati from UniBo was involved in the organisation of a workshop at the Central Institute for Restoration in Rome in which she presented the results achieved within the framework of the projects Superstar and GoGREEN. Here you can see Silvia presenting research on the development of green methods for cleaning paintings and works of street art. We are so proud of all the consortium members who are hosting and participating in workshops lately! Well done Silvia and Unibo!
GoGreenHorizon
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The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) is an independent institute for applied research and development for services within the field of Cultural Heritage in Norway and beyond. The institution works within scales ranging from entire landscapes and cities to individual buildings and objects. NIKU works nationally and internationally with public authorities and collaborates with other research institutions, international organisations, private enterprises, and NGOs within a variety of fields. NIKU will lead the development of the Decision Making Model (DMM) for GoGreen, to incorporate green thinking into conservation practices.
GoGreenHorizon
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We invited conservation experts to join us in Amsterdam for rich discussions about sustainability and conservation. With reflection and laughter on the way, we gained valuable insights about what works for the conservation field.
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The GoGreenHorizon is working well to pass on info about sustainability as displayed by this event. Well done
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Impeccable work
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This is impressive.💚💚
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IKiFP together with Japanese partners are organizing a workshop on HERIe, which is a freely available digital preventive conservation platform for decision support. HERIe allows conservators to assess risk against environmental conditions, and provides remote quantitative risk assessment in a variety of situations. The workshop will be held on December 17th at the Conservation Science Laboratory of Tokyo Geidai. The workshop aims to present the advantages of the HERIe tool, but also aims to collect data and learn about the needs of conservators working in hot and humid climates. This is an in-person event, so if you are in Tokyo, please get in touch with GoGreen contributors at the Jerzy Haber Institute! See contacts on our website.
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The Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IKIFP) has been been busy! Recently, the Dominican Monastery in Cracow invited researchers from IKIFP to its Romanesque walls to select parchment documents from the early 16th-century to monitor the climate-induced mechanical response of objects before and after conservation. Parallel to that, an acoustic emission system is being mounted on a 16th-century wooden sculpture to verify if moving the object from a historical church with a relatively humid environment to an exhibition at the Royal Wawel Castle with a well-controlled museum environment brings any risk of cracking. We're looking forward to hearing about the results from this fascinating research!
GoGreenHorizon
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The development of guidelines for sustainable preventive conservation strategies is one of the tasks required to create tools for greener preventive conservation. To address this goal, damage functions specific to vulnerable materials are necessary to describe failure mechanisms in objects such as manuscripts on parchment, panel paintings and wooden sculptures. Therefore, the team from Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IKIFP) will focus on the development of physical models of historical objects and in situ monitoring of damage development. Both activities aim to support guidelines for sustainable environmental control in museums and historic buildings. This task will be based on the on-site scanning of parchment sheets in their storage locations with a 3D digital microscope at selected intervals to follow possible increases of irreversible curling produced by current environmental variations.
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The Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IKIFP) is located in Cracow, Poland. They have done extensive research that has been focused on understanding deterioration processes induced by microclimatic variations and the monitoring of physical changes in the materials of historical objects using non-invasive research methods. In the latest assessment of the quality of scientific activities carried out by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland, IKIFP received the highest category of recognition possible. We are ecstatic that they are part of the GoGreen project! Visit our website to learn more about this institution.
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The Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry (IKIFP) in Cracow, Poland, has achieved the highest recognition for its extensive research on understanding deterioration processes in historical objects due to microclimatic variations. Their focus on non-invasive research methods sets them apart, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland has acknowledged their outstanding scientific activities. This recognition underscores IKIFP's valuable contribution to the GoGreen project, highlighting their commitment to addressing climate change impacts on cultural heritage materials. Visit their website for more details on their impactful work.
GoGreenHorizon
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The advances that result from the GoGreen project must be shared widely! GoGreen will be developing education modules and course materials that will be accessible to everyone in the field of conservation of cultural heritage. Until then we will be sharing educational snippets, introductions with you about the contributors to the project, as well as details and updates of all their fantastic and innovative research and contributions to sustainability and conservation. Watch this space!
GoGreenHorizon
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HES-SO is a network of 28 universities of applied sciences and arts offering degree programmes in six key fields in western Switzerland’s seven cantons. HE-Arc Conservation Restauration, part of the HES- SO network, is based in Neuchâtel and trains the next generation of cultural heritage conservators. The program has a research unit (UR-Arc CR) that has been developing projects since 2005 that aims to understand degradation processes and developing conservation methods and treatments for archaeological, ethnographic, scientific, technical and horological objects. In particular, relevant research topics studied focus on the use of microorganisms (fungi and bacteria) for the stabilisation of archaeological materials and outdoor metallic structures, as well as the development of green gels for cleaning metal historical artifacts. We're exciting to have them included on the team to develop new green materials!
GoGreenHorizon
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Thank you to everyone who has responded so far, as we have had 80 responses to our survey and counting! The majority of respondents to the survey never use tools to judge the environmental impact of their conservation work or they only do so 1-25% of the time. However, it is very telling that 85% of respondents are interested in using such a tool in the future for their materials and treatments! Are you interested in this? Why or why not? If you'd like to have the chance to have your say and help us shape the app to fill this gap, here is the link to the survey: https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9SjTH6fMSfJGFuK
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Very impressive
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wow,this is very imppressive
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This is one of the best ways of collecting data which is helpful towards our sustainable programs plan.
GoGreenHorizon
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The consortium met this week to share and discuss all the updates from each participant. So many moving parts but so much to come from it. Watch this space for further updates!
GoGreenHorizon
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The GoGreen project members intend to develop new, green materials and methods for everyday use in conservation practice. These will be inspired by materials and methods used historically, as well as incorporating innovations such as biological processes and greener chemistry practices.
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I would very much love to see your project successful as it's for the good of us all .
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GoGreenHorizon
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A prototype digital web-app will be created by experts in the GoGreen consortium. This aims to help conservators evaluate the environmental impact of their proposed treatments and actions for each project that they work on, helping them to decide what is the best and greenest course of action.
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The goal of this app is to help cultural heritage conservators evaluate the environmental impact of their proposed treatments for objects, and proposed actions for each project that they work on, helping them to decide what is the best and greenest course of action. Hope this clarifies your questions!
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Do you need beta-testers???
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Sounds nice! But what's the goal of this app?
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