ORGANIZERS
The Metals Working Group of the Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries in cooperation with the Methodological Center for Conservation of the Technical Museum in Brno.
DATE AND VENUE
The professional seminar will take place on May 21, 2026, at the Technical Museum in Brno, lecture hall, 4th floor, Purkyňova 105, Brno–Královo Pole.
SEMINAR GOAL
The seminar follows on from last year’s event, which presented and discussed approaches to the conservation and restoration of metal artifacts with regard to current possibilities and trends in methods of material and technological research. Attention was focused in particular on compliance with conservation principles and procedures that do not result in undesirable alteration or loss of the information and data examined on the history, origin, age of the object, etc. This requirement is conditional on close cooperation between conservators-restorers and archaeologists, anthropologists, paleobotanists, chemists, and other scientists, as well as constant monitoring of developments and possibilities in various analyses. As this topic is very broad, connecting a number of scientific and craft disciplines, and is so professionally desirable, the organizers have decided to continue with a second year of the seminar. The aim of the seminar is therefore to communicate the issue at hand using case studies of the examination and treatment of metal artifacts from practice, to point out the risks of older conservation approaches, the possibilities of modern analytical methods and the correct interpretation of their results, as well as the principles of handling objects during examination and sampling.
INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS AND REGISTRATION
The seminar is intended for conservators-restorers working in museums and galleries, as well as private restorers, students of restoration schools, curators of museum collections, archaeologists, researchers, and other specialists in related fields. Those interested in attending the seminar can register by filling out the electronic registration form by May 11, 2026, at the latest. Due to capacity limitations, the number of seminar participants is limited to 90.
The participation fee of CZK 300 covers the costs of organizing the seminar. An invoice will be issued based on the billing information provided in the registration form. Lecturers do not pay the participation fee.
Lecture applications can be sent by April 30, 2026, at the latest, by filling out the “lecture application” form and sending it to: dusan.perlik@ngprague.cz; selucka@tmbrno.cz
PROGRAM
The lecture program will be published on the MCK TMB website in early May 2026.
After the lecture program, those interested will be offered a guided tour of the upcoming exhibition “European Sword” at the Technical Museum in Brno.
SEMINAR GUARANTORS
• Ing. Dušan Perlík, head of the metals working group of the Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech Republic, z. s. , National Gallery in Prague
• Ing. Alena Selucká, Methodological Center for Conservation of the Technical Museum in Brno
REGISTRATION FOR THE SEMINAR