Online course on conservation of globes

Online course

"Conservation of Globes"
19 September - 20 November 2016

by Mag. Dr. hab. Patricia Engel and Michael Hojlund Rasmussen

Historic globes exist all over Europe, in public collections and
libraries, but also as private property.  While older celestial
globes were made of metals, since Behaim's Erdapfel from 1492 globes
have been made of paper, papier-mache, wood and parchment.

In contrast to this omnipresence of globes, there is a sort of
vacuum in conservation expertise concerning globe conservation.
Today there are only a few conservators working in different
European countries, who, due to their individual careers, are able
to deal with the conservation of globes.  Isolated articles in
various journals have so far been the only competent publications in
the field of globe conservation.

Structure of the online course:

    The first chapter of the course gives a description of the
    cultural and historical background of the topic and describes
    the history of the globes from 3000 BC to the 20th century.

    This is followed by helpful suggestions for the documentation of
    a globes material and an overview of damages.  The latter
    provides pictures of typical damages on the globes along with
    case-by-case explanations.  It will enable conservators to
    identify damages--even rare ones--and help the laymen to deal
    with their problems.

    The main chapters deal with specific suggestions for
    conservators concerning concrete practical conservation requests
    including the preparation of some materials and the techniques
    of surface cleaning on globes.

    The last chapter explains the practical storage problems, the
    climatic conditions and the correct packing and transportation
    of globes.

The authors: Based on her extensive experiences in globe
conservation Mag. Dr. hab. Patricia Engel (scientific assistant at
the Donau-Universitiat Krems, European Research Centres for Book and
Paper Conservation-Restoration) developed an e-learning course with
the most up-to-date technical possibilities.  Michael Hojlund
Rasmussen (Conservation Centre Vejle, Denmark) cooperated in this
project.

See

    <URL:http://193.175.110.9/hornemann/english/course_globes.php>

Nina Niemeyer-Thomel
HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Hildesheim/Holzminden/Gottingen
Hornemann institute
Kardinal-Bertram-Strasse 36
31134 Hildesheim
Germany
+49 5121 408174


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