Monitoring Climate-Induced Physical Damage in Art Objects
Develop and deploy methods for monitoring climate-induced changes in art objects to inform climate control strategies for museum collections
Project Details
- Category
- Years 2017 – present
- Status
- Organizer

Wooden standing sculpture of woman and child courtesy of the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
About
Goal
This project is undertaking laboratory research with in-situ monitoring to more precisely identify conditions under which physical damage occurs in art objects as a result of climatic agents of deterioration. Better understanding of these conditions can help collections care professionals determine whether damage occurs in susceptible materials exposed to the broader acceptable climatic ranges currently under consideration by the conservation field and to understand the rate and degree of fluctuation these materials can withstand.
Outcome
Creation of monitoring techniques and analysis tools that make it possible to effectively monitor the response of wooden art objet to climatic variations
Background
Approach
Project Team
Michał Łukomski, Project Lead, Senior Scientist; Alexandra Bridarolli, Associate Scientist; Naoki Fujisawa, Scientist