Kovács Petronella (szerk.): Isis - Erdélyi magyar restaurátor füzetek 3. (Székelyudvarhely, 2003)
Erdélyi - romániai magyar vonatkozási múzeumi restaurátor publikációk
Zita KÁROLYI Transylvanian restorers in the Szentendre Open-air Ethnographic Museum In 2003, the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage financed the construction of an over 3800 m2 large building complex in the Szentendre Open-air Ethnographic Museum. It houses a visual storage facility equipped with the most up-to-date equipment, office space, a gallery and a conference center. In this compound, the Visual Storage Facility is of special significance. It is built with the strict consideration of the latest regulations in heritage preservation, and will be open not only for professionals but the broader public as well. Within this 2000 m2 air-conditioned space, a Dexion-Salgo type shelf system (with adjustable, 10 cm vertical slots) has been installed, protected by security glass. Objects arranged in this system of shelves in a thematic order are available for direct autopsy. The associated computerized data base offers photographic detail as well as textual information to those interested. Objects placed on the shelves are lit with lamps placed outside the storage space, having a capacity less than 300 lux. Lamps is switched on and off automatically by movement sensors. Lighting from the ceiling and side windows are regulated with special shading. This building was opened in August 2003, by which time the partially filled storage facility will also be visible. In order to restore the over 2000 exhibition objects, the museum will organize 10 day long Restorers' Creative Camps in three consecutive years. In addition to the museum's own staff, participants will include students in restoration techniques as well as ethnography and guest restorers. These colleagues will restore major groups of objects within the collection. Plans include the restoration of glass and ceramics objects in 2003, painted wood in 2004 and carpentry furniture in 2005. Restorers and curators from various museums in Transylvania were invited to the Restorers' Creative Camp organized in July 2003. They included Éva Magyari and István Nagy (Székely Múzeum, Csíkszereda), Mária Lukács (Tarisznyás Márton Múzeum Gyergyószentmiklós), Zoltán Orosz (Céhtörténeti Múzeum, Kézdivásárhely), István Demeter and Zita Károlyi (Haáz Rezső Múzeum, Székelyudvarhely), in addition to colleagues from Szentendre. In addition to Hungarian invitees Mária Áipli-Faragó, Zsuzsanna Horváth and Veronika Harasztovics, ethnography students also joined the project. Participating in this year's Restorers' Creative Camp contributed to the extended training of restorers in Transylvania by offering an opportunity to study new restoration methods, storage techniques and conservation. Zita Károlyi Restorer Haáz Rezső Museum 53560 Odorheiu Secuiesc str. Kossuth Lajos, 29. 117
