Art
How Does Plastic Age? Conservators Are Taking a Closer Look
A new project is researching how Soviet-era plastics were made and used.
Getty Conservation Institute
In Brief
The Restoration of the Tomb of Tutankhamen Is Complete
The Getty Conservation Institute and the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities have completed a nearly decade-long restoration project of the 3,000-year-old tomb.
In Brief
New Artificial Nose Sniffs Out Art-Harming Pollutants
When 90 years' worth of original drawings and sketches from Walt Disney Animation Studios traveled internationally for the first time this summer, they were accompanied by a newfangled protective device: an optoelectronic "nose."
Art
Open Source Software to Catalogue Cultural Heritage Before a Crisis
Cultural heritage management tends to suffer from limited funding and resources, which can make a crisis — whether natural disaster, pipeline construction, or war — that much more catastrophic for assessing what's in need of protection.
Art
An Open Source Map for Conservation
LOS ANGELES — One of the loveliest sites on the web belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, a database of all of UNESCO's World Heritage sites, from famous locales like Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the lesser-known underground river of Puerto-Princesa, Philippines.