Sylvie MAX-COLINART Co-ordinator of the Programme French Ministry of Culture and Communication,

The French National Research Programme on Sciences and Conservation of the Materials of the Cultural Heritage

Results and Future

Sylvie MAX-COLINARTCo-ordinator of the Programme

French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Department for Development and International Policy

Mission of Research and [email protected]

Roger-Alexandre LEFEVREPresident of the Scientific Committee of the Programme

Professor at the University Paris [email protected]

7th European Conference Sauveur, Safeguarded Cultural Heritage, Prague 31May-3 June 2006

Why a National Research Programme?

The researchers are scattered through the French territory and they belong to different institutions.

During restoration, study for The Sleep by Rodin, 19th century,

terracotta, plaster, paper, waxes Paris, Musée Rodin

Therefore, their works are sometimes difficult to identify.

The works in this field needs interdisciplinary research which is not always recognised and well evaluated by their research national bodies.


The research in the field of Sciences and Conservation of Cultural Heritage faces many handicaps

Consequently, in 2003, the French Ministry of Culture has decided to create a national programme in order to:

- give a better legibility to research in the field of conservation,

- promote a new synergy between researchers,

- help technological transfers and innovation activities.


Annual funding set aside for research projects:In 2003 - 2004 : 260 k€In 2005 - 2006 : 300 k€

Six projects selected each year by a scientific committee and a steering committee

1- Fundamental knowledge on materials of the Cultural Heritage,

Four main topics in the call for research projects:

2- Impact of the environment on weathering and conservation of Cultural Heritage,

3- Interpretation of weathering processes and settling of specifications for interventions,

4- Research in conservation-restoration.


RESULTS

31 30

21

28

2003 2004 2005 2006

Number of projects submitted per year

MAIN TOPICS 2003 2004 2005 2006

1- Fundamental knowledge on materials

X X

2- Impact of the environment X X X

3- Weathering processes. In-situ techniques of characterisation and diagnosis

X X

4- Conservation-restoration X X X X


Storage of the moulding workshop of the French museums

1315

1 1

2003 1112

53

2004

8

11

1 1

2005 12

15

1 0

2006

Scientific Co-ordinators MCC Laboratories and Institutions

Other Public Laboratories (Universities, CNRS, …)

Associations

Private Laboratories


RESULTS

Main studied materials


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RESULTS

What about Subsidies ?

6 projects to be funded by the French Ministry of Culture were selected, with each subsidy ranging from 35 k€ to 60 k€

Each subsidy represented between 80% and 100 % of the funds requested

RESULTS

The funds are mainly used to pay salaries of new persons hired to work on the project

Kindness and generosity, by Louis Jean François LAGRENEE oil on canvas 18th

2003

Mechanical Analyse and tools for the structural follow-up of thetimber-frame: methodology and application.

Philippe GALIMARD, Laboratoire deRhéologie du Bois - UMR 5103CNRS/INRA/U.Bordeaux 1

2004

Deterioration and treatment of cave paintings threatened by thegrowth of a calcite veil

Ina REICHE, Centre de Recherche et deRestauration des Musées de France, C2RMF.Paris

2005

Preventive conservation of bowed stringed instruments: evolutionof mechanic properties of wood under vibrations, heat andhumidity variation

Stéphane VAIEDLICH, Laboratoire derecherche et de restauration du musée de lacité de la musique, Paris

2006

Blackening of lead pigment, a new technique of restoration bylaser beam

Philippe DELAPORTE, Laboratoire laser,plasma –UMR 6282, Marseille.

Examples of funded projects


RESULTS

Main results of the Programme

- These results confirm the interest of French scientists in the field of conservation


- The scientific level of the proposals has increased

- The program is now well identified and new teams apply to the call

- A better identification of the research teams is now possible

- The French network in the field of conservation is reinforced by a better legibility of research teams

• Organisation of an international conference at the end of 2007 to present the results of the four calls

• Publications of the results in journals for end-users such as conservator-restorers, architects, curators, etc. at a national and international level

• On-line information on the Web site of the MCChttp://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/conservation/fr/comite/comite.htm


Next steps Dissemination of the works thanks to:

Prospects

Planning the future for the Programme

• Funding National Programmes in the 7th Framework Programme


The National Programme will continue

We have to:- take into account the new landscape of French and European research- Introduce new partnership- Increase the subsidies thanks to the French Ministry of Culture and the participation of other Ministries

Women holding a horn of plentyCharles Le Brun, 17th

The members of the French Steering Committee of the Programme

The members of the French Scientific Committee

To Roger LEVEFREPresident of the French Scientific Committee


A women on a bed,Tanagra terracottaCA 538, musée du Louvre

Many thanks to

The organisers of the conference

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/conservation/fr/comite/comite.htm

Sylvie MAX-COLINART Co-ordinator of the Programme French Ministry of Culture and Communication,

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