Műtárgyvédelem, 2004 (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum)
Összefoglalók
MOMENTS FROM A CAREER Zoltán Szalay restorer 80 years old András Morgós Zoltán Szalay took an active part as a determinant and leading personality in the evolution, the propagation and the development of a high standard of object restoration in Hungarian museums. He has not ceased working as a restorer even after his retirement. He worked as restorer in the Ethnographic Museum for 15 years, in the Central Museological Technological Group (KMTCs) and the Central Directorate of Museums (KMI) for 12 years and then as the leader of the Conservation Department of the Conservation and Methodological Centre of Museums (MRMK) and its legal successor the Central Directorate of Museums (KMI again) for 14 years. He launched the university training of object restorers of public collections. He was the leader of object conservator training in the Academy of Fine Arts (Museum and Public Collection Object Con-servation Department) for 17 years (1974-1991). On his 80th birthday, the article summarises Zoltán Szalay’s activity from the start through his determinant works until the list of his publications. The article describes his ideas about the ethics of conservation and the restoration methods he developed and applied through the first object he restored in 1947 (a double statue from the Pacific Islands), a painted thinking chair produced in Békéscsaba in 1778, the leather shoes discovered in Balatonszentgyörgy, Csillagvár, a number of glass and amber objects, waterlogged wooden finds, mosaic pavements and banners painted on both faces. THE OVEN OF THE BRONZE AGE Function determination with experimental archaeological methods Gabriella Lakatos-Pammer Potter’s craft played an important role in the life of the Bronze Age tell settlement at Százhalombatta. A large number and very well preserved fragments of ceramic objects, ovens, hearths and the ruins of houses have been found. The Middle Bronze Age grated oven, which was found in 1999 in an excellent condition and lifted “in situ”, is a unique find. It had to be reinforced to prevent damaging and cracking. Certain parts of the oven were three times saturated with a poly(vinyl-butyro-acetate) (PVB) solution in alcohol. Regrettably, the object was damaged during its transportation to the museum but, owing to the on-spot conservation of the larger parts, the oven can be reconstructed. 148
