Seminar on natural aging

Seminar on the Natural Ageing of Historic Objects
English Heritage
Savile Row, London
May 7, 2003
10am-4pm

The Centre for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, in
collaboration with English Heritage, the National Trust and Historic
Royal Palaces are organising a seminar on the natural ageing of
historic objects.

The seminar will focus on the development of a new methodology for
investigating the natural ageing of objects in historic houses. The
seminar will review the recent development of a method of assessing
the long-term deterioration of objects in historic houses. The aim
of the seminar is to disseminate the methodology and to discuss the
future of this research.

Programme

    Background to the project
    The methodology
    Archival research
    Building simulation
    Lunch
    Object assessment
    Application of the methodology
    Chaired panel discussion

Costs: The seminar is free but lunch and refreshments during the day
will be UKP9 per person. There is space for 40 people and places
will be given on a first come first serve basis. Please contact Joel
Taylor <joel.taylor [at] ucl__ac__uk> to reserve a place.

Joel Taylor
Centre for Sustainable Heritage
University College London


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