conservation and restoration
A selection of conservation projects executed by the LCM:
ceramics, glass & stone
conservation and restoration of an Etruscan Canope restoration and desalination of cuneiform clay tablets museum restoration of a Weser plate, Stavoren (province of Friesland, the Netherlands) conservation of a provincial Roman tombstone from Egypt conservation of late medieval religious sculptures from the Zuidbroek church (Groningen, the Netherlands)
metal
conservation of an early medieval die for punching metal foil, Wijnaldum excavations (province of Friesland, the Netherlands) conservation of a collection iron tools and semi manufactured iron from the smithy of a 17th century whaling station at Smeerenburg, Svalbard (Norway) conservation of a silver coin from Louis the Pius (768-840) conservation en restoration of a strigil
organic material
conservation and restoration of a waterlogged wooden cart wheel from De Onlanden (province of Drenthe, the Netherlands) conservation and restoration of a leather shoe from shipwreck NK-47 II (Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands)
combined materials