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Bodleian Library to Preserve Digital Material for the Future |
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Preservation of digital personal papers is to be made easier after a £500,000 grant to the Bodleian Library, Oxford for their futureArch project.
The grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation will allow the library to develop its technical facilities and allow for effective conservation of the digital versions of papers created by politicians, writers, scientists and intellectuals.
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Cypriot Wall Paintings get HIV Test |
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A scientific technique generally used in testing for the HIV virus is being utilised for the first time in the conservation of wall paintings in a remote Cypriot monastery.
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Bowes Museum musical swan automaton rebuild begins in September |
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Conservation of the Bowes Museum's unique, lifesize, 230-year-old Silver Swan musical automaton has begun, with initial work on the rarity taking place already.
Specialist horologist Matthew Read will work on the metallic bird in the galleries in September 2008. Matthew's work will allow the development of a complete conservation record ensuring Bowes staff can keep the swan in working order for many years to come.
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Painting left Insitu Survives the Herbert's Building Works Intact |
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A prized painting owned by The Herbert in Coventry has survived its latest adventure unharmed and will go back on display in the Old Masters Gallery at the newly refurbished museum in August 2008.
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Restoration Starts on Silent Cinema Classic |
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A major piece of conservation and restoration work is underway following the sensational discovery of a piece of classic silent film, believed for many decades to be lost. Though widely acclaimed now as a classic of the early cinema, Fritz Lang’s silent classic Metropolis was not a box-office hit when it first came out in 1927 and around 30 minutes were cut out when the film was released in the USA. Once the restoration is complete first will be possible to view the entire film in its original form for the first time in eight years.
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Museum Consortium Launches Second Phase of Media Matters |
A consortium of curators, conservators, registrars, legal advisors, and media technical managers from New Art Trust, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and Tate has launched the second phase of Media Matters, an innovative website designed to provide international guidelines for the care of time-based media works of art (e.g. video, slide, film, audio, and computer-based installations).
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