EUROPEAN DAYS OF CONSERVATION–RESTORATION 2025

The Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech Republic will participate in the European Days of Conservation-Restoration, which will take place during the week of October 13-19, 2025. The aim of this Europe-wide event, which was first announced in 2018 by the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers’ Organizations (ECCO), is to highlight the importance of the profession of conservators-restorers in the preservation and conservation of cultural heritage. The aim is to present to the public not only interesting projects, but also the knowledge and specific skills, new technologies, and high international standards required to perform this profession. To highlight that conservation-restoration is an important interdisciplinary discipline that also contributes to the development of research and innovation and has a direct impact on sustainable tourism and related economic indicators. During the celebrations, the general public has a unique opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of conservation-restoration work, which is usually hidden from the eyes of ordinary visitors.

How to participate

• By organizing open days at conservation-restoration laboratories, studios, workshops, university workplaces, and other places involved in cultural heritage care, which will give visitors an insight into the profession and the projects being carried out.
• By sharing photos and recordings from these workplaces and locations on the AMG and E. C. C. O. websites and social networks (in English).
• By issuing press releases.

Websites

• Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries
• E. C. C. O.  – European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations

Social networks

  European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers Organisations

  e.c.c.o_conservator_restorers

Official hashtags
#ECCO_EDCR, #ECCOCommunity

 

PROGRAM

Methodological Centre for Conservation of the Technical Museum in Brno

• In cooperation with the Restoration Workshop of the Mining University – Technical University of Ostrava and the Metals Working Group of the Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries, a professional seminar entitled Operation and Maintenance of Technical Monuments: Modern Methods and History II, which will take place on October 14–15, 2025, at the Technical Museum in Brno.
• Science through play – family day at TMB. Join us in exploring materials in depth and become a conservator!

Commission of Conservators-Restorers of the Czech Association of Museums and Galleries

• Muzeum Jindřichohradecka – Open Days at the Museum of the Jindřichův Hradec Region
• Jihočeské muzeum v Českých Budějovicích – Open Day at the museum’s conservation and restoration workshops
• Muzeum středního Pootaví Strakonice – A Touch of the Past: Open Day at the Conservation Workshop, Altar slabs: Ceremonial unveiling with program
• Prachatické muzeum – Archaeological finds “From the ground to the conservation workshop”
• Slovácké muzeum v Uherském Hradišti – Open Day at the Conservation and Restoration Department
• Muzeum regionu Valašsko – A day with a restorer
• Národní muzeum v přírodě, p.o., Valašské muzeum v přírodě –Guided tour to the Central Depository with conservation and restoration workshop in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
• Muzeum Cheb – Workshop The Art of Retouching
• Muzeum Prahy – Open Day at the Conservation and Restoration Workshops of the Prague Museum
• Moravské zemské muzeum – Snippets from the conservation workshop
• Muzeum východních Čech v Hradci Králové – Restoration advice for the public