Műtárgyvédelem, 2007 (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum)
Válogatás az utóbbi évek magyar papír- és könyvrestaurálási munkáiból - Összefoglalók
This presentation will first review past CCI work done on this topic by the late Helen Burgess and then will report on the status of the current project which is at the screening program stage. During the current screening program, the products were sorted by application type (ie., water-activated, pressure-sensitive and heat- set), by carrier type (ie., paper, cloth, poly-propylene, polyester, nylon, no carrier, etc), and finally by adhesive type as determined by IR spectroscopic analysis [ie., starch, protein, acrylic (different types), rubber, etc]. Results of these analyses will be given. Discussion of the method used to measure pH and how it was arrived at will be presented along with the pH results. A list of the products identified from the screening program to undergo comprehensive testing will be revealed. Finally, aspects of the comprehensive testing, which is to occur over the next few years, will be discussed. Training of book and paper conservators in the National Library Beatrix Kastaly The training of paper conservators started in Hungary at the end of the 1950’s with a course organised in the National Archives with the aim to train colleagues who can restore the large bulk of documents that had suffered fire and water damage during the revolution of 1956. At least 95 % of the 160-170 paper and/or book conservators who work in conservation workshops of libraries, archives and museums or in private workshops in Hungary obtained middle or high level qualifications during the last 30 years despite the fact that no full-time training exists in Hungary in this field. Part time object conservation training started in the Academy of Fine Arts in 1974 first for museum collections and then for public collections. Evening courses on paper and book conservation, first on a middle level and to date on a high level, have been conducted in the National Széchényi Library (together with the Secondary School of Fine and Applied Arts until 1990 and independently in the library since then) since 1981. The third training form was a special paper conservation course twice organised by the Hungarian National Museum in the 1990’s. Since 1994, training in the National Széchényi Library takes 1120 hours in three years. Definite conditions are set for applicants, who have to prove their aptitude in written and practical entrance examinations. The students learn conservation theory, practice, general art history and technical art history and drawing. The theoretical and practical subjects of conservation are divided in the following way. The restoration/conservation of paper and parchment documents on single sheets not sewn into books and of graphic objects and photos is in he curriculum of the first one and a half years, while the conservation of books in diverse bindings is taught in the second one and a half year. To further the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge, 24 textbooks have been edited by the library on various topics. At the ends of the semesters, the students pass written and oral examinations and the teachers evaluate the practical work and drawings made by the students during the semester. For the final exam, the students have to do a practical examination work, which is the conservation of a paper or a parchment document and a book in a leather or a parchment binding with a detailed written conservation documentation completed with drawings and photos. The examination work 256
