Initial results on laser cleaning at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Tate Gallery

Sokhan, Marina; Gaspar, Pedro; McPhail, David S.; Cummings, Alan; Cornish, Larrain; Pullen, Derek; Hartog, Frances; Hubbard, Charlote; Oakley, Victoria; Merkel, John F.

Initial results on laser cleaning at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Tate Gallery

Resource type

Journal article

Creator (person)

Sokhan, Marina

Gaspar, Pedro

McPhail, David S.

Cummings, Alan

Cornish, Larrain

Pullen, Derek

Hartog, Frances

Hubbard, Charlote

Oakley, Victoria

Merkel, John F.

Date published

2003

Abstract

A collaborative project between the Materials Department of Imperial College, the Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and the Tate Gallery was initiated with the objective of introducing laser cleaning in these London-based museums and establishing a long-term research collaboration. An access to these material conservation departments means that materials like traditional statuary materials, heavily corroded metals, ivory, palaeontological samples, textiles, stained glass, plaster and some modern materials can be used to investigate the usefulness of laser cleaning and study their effects using a wide range of analytical techniques.

Journal title

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volume

4

Issue

Sup 1

Publisher

Elsevier Masson SAS

ISSN

1296-2074