Workshop Showcases

COST Action D42 | WG 1, 2 and 3 | Workshop on

SHOWCASES INSIDE OUT | The Workshop will be held in Porto, Portugal, from 24^th to 26^th May 2009, at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto). Post-workshop activities related with the topic will be held on the 27^th at the same venue.

Showcases are, no doubt, a very important part of museums' exhibition furniture. Its design, manufacture and location aim not only to protect and preserve collections, but also to enhance their value, providing their adequate access and interpretation to visitors.

Museums always want to present their collections elegantly and attractively while still ensuring them the best possible protection. Nevertheless, it's sometimes difficult to harmoniously integrate the aesthetic and functional requirements inherent to the museums communication and preservation policies and strategies, especially when budgets are not proportional. A risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, sustained in scientific research results allied to best practices experiences, guidelines and standards, is not easy but essential in order to prevent the lost, the damage and the lost of value to collections and discomfort or disappointment to visitors.

The main objectives of this meeting are to present and discuss showcases real and potential efficiency and effectiveness while presenting, discussing and disseminating results of research related with the topic and new technologies and resources to support policy making and implementation of sustainable strategies. This will be done through specialists' presentations, round table discussion and a Show Room, with showcases manufactures and environmental management tools and devices suppliers.

If you are anyhow interested in the topic, we invite you to visit the website of the event (http://web.letras.up.pt/showcases.costD42) and to register yourself. Your participation will be most welcomed.

This meeting is an initiative organised in the framework of COST Action D42 - Chemical Interactions between Cultural Artefacts and Indoor Environment (ENVIART) and co-organised by the Department of Heritage Studies (Departamento de Ciências e Técnicas do Património), FLUP.

Secretariat & Local Organizer Contact Person

For further information, please contact the Secretariat or the Local Organizer:

Secretariat:

Fátima Lisboa & Cláudia Moreira

Gabinete de Eventos, Comunicação e Imagem

Via Panorâmica, s/n, 4150 – 564 Porto, Portugal

Tel.: ( 351) 226077123/05 Fax.: ( 351) 226077173

E.mail: geci@letras.up.pt

Local Organizer Contact Person

Paula Menino Homem

DCTP/FLUP – MC Delegate COST D42

E.mail: phomem@letras.up.pt / pmeninoh@gmail.com

PRESENTATIONS ARE UPDATED HERE:

>1. Welcome
>2. Session I
>2.1 Jenny Cousins
>2.2 Paulo Providência
>3. Session II
>3.1 Willem Hekman
>3.2 Peter Brimblecombe
>4. Session III
>4.1 Michel
>4.2 Virginia
>4.3 Elin
>4.4 Agnès
>5. Session IV
>5.1 René
>5.2 Tomasz
>5.3 Manfred
>5.4 Shin
>5.5 Jacob
>6. Session V
>6.1 Bettina
>6.2 Gerard
>6.3 Elzbieta
>7. Session VI
>7.1 Teresa
>7.2 Anne
>7.3 David
>7.4 Boris
>8. Session VII
>8.1 David
>8.2 Cátia
>8.3 Martina
>9. Round-table
>9.1 Vasco 1
>9.2 Vasco 2
>9.3 Roland

PROGRAM:

24.05.09

07:00 18:30

Visit to the Museu do Douro, Peso da Régua

(Porto – Peso da Régua – Porto / Cruise down the River Douro)

07:00

Passengers gather at the Campanhã Station* – Porto

07:25

Departure, bound for the city of Peso da Régua

09:15

Arrival at the city of Peso da Régua

09:30 11:30

Museu do Douro

Coffee break

Guided visit by the Director

11:45

Passengers gather at the Régua Wharf

12:00

Cruise begins, bound for the city of Porto

Appetizer served – Port Wine

Lunch served on board

14:00

Passage by the Carrapatelo Dam

17:00

Passage by the Crestuma/Lever Dam

Snack served on board

18:30

Arrival at the city of Porto

25.05.09

09:00 09:30

Registration and collecting of COST reimbursement forms

09:30 10:00

Welcome

Maria de Fátima Marinho

Academic Board, on behalf of the Management Bodies of the Faculty

Armando Coelho

Department of Heritage Studies

José Manuel Oliveira

ICOM-PT, on behalf of Board of Direction

David Thickett

COST Action D42_EnviArt, on behalf of Chair

Paula Menino Homem

Local organizer

10:00 11:00

Session I

Showcases, aesthetics and ambience of architecture and materials

Chair: David Thickett

English Heritage, London, United Kingdom

00:30

Jenny Cousins

English Heritage, London, United Kingdom

Keynote speech

Beyond the box: interpretation and access

00:30

Paulo Providência

Paulo Providência - Arquitectos Associados, Lda.

Keynote speech

On showcases

11:00 11:30

Coffee break

11:30 12:30

Session II

Design, construction and location of showcases: risks and the integrated preservation programme.

Chair: René van Grieken

Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium

00:30

Willem Hekman

Security, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Keynote speech

Safety, security and emergency response

00:30

Peter Brimblecombe

School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Keynote speech

The showcase environment and interaction with materials, synergisms and air quality

12:30 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 16:10

Session III

Environment. Monitoring, damage prediction and control methodologies. Case studies.

Chair: Ira Rabin

Analysis of Cultural Assets

Berlin, Germany & Jerusalem, Israel