On 12 May, ICCROM hosted a meeting of CEN (European Committee for Standardization), Technical Committee for the Conservation of Cultural Property (CEN/TC 346), Working Group 2: 'Materials constituting the artifacts'.

The objective of the CEN/TC346 is to establish standards which will help conservation professionals have a common approach for restoration and conservation work. The aim is to ensure that European experts can exchange information on scientific tests, analysis and methodology in the field of cultural heritage.

Prof Vasilike Argyropoulos led the Working Group 2 (WG2) meeting which was attended by eleven delegates from seven European Member States.

Some of the issues discussed were historical mortars, investigation techniques, analysis of stone, investigation of biodeteriogens, surveying metals collections, as well as more general themes such as reflections on the scope of WG2, and selection of terms and defenition of a common terminology.

Participants

• Vasilike Argyropoulos, TEI Dept. of Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art, Athens Greece, Convenor CEN/TC346 WG2
• Inger Egenberg, NIKU – Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research, Norway
• Bruno Fabbri, CNR-ISTEC, Italy
• Vasco Fassina, Superintendency Cultural Heritage of Veneto Region, CEN/TC Chairman, Italy
• Kathrin Hinrichs Degerblad, National Heritage Board, Sweden
• Šefka Horvat-Kurbegović, Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Georgios Koullapis, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Cyprus
• Giacomo Lanterna, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence, Italy
• Claudio Modena, University of Padua, Italy
• Clara Urzi, Messina University, Italy
• Yves Vanhellemont, Belgian Building Research Institute, Belgium

ICCROM

• Ernesto Borrelli, Laboratory Coordinator

Member States represented: Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden

updated on: 21 September, 2006