On 9 April 2025, employees of the KDwt visited the exhibition "1000 years ago | Life at the court of Cunegonde and Henry II" at the Historical Museum in Bamberg.
Many thanks to the museum and the museum guide for the exciting insight into the fantastic exhibition.
 

Sample panel for our light protection project. The panels were developed and produced by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation and can now be found at many locations in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
 

In February 2025, the first joint doctoral colloquium of the Professorship of Preventive Conservation in the Conservation of Historic Buildings and the Professorship of Materials and Preservation Science took place.
Many thanks to our colleagues at the BLfD for allowing us to be guests at Seehof Castle.
 

The on-site measurements as part of the 'Light Protection' research project began in January 2025. Here during the measurement in the Residence in Bamberg.
 

The picture shows part of the output of the glass seminar in the Master's programme in Monument Conservation. Many thanks to the many organisations that supported us in realising this exciting week.
 

As part of the 'Light Protection' research project, the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments is producing sample panels. These include a data logger for temperature, relative humidity and light. The University of Bamberg team tested the accuracy of the data loggers for temperature and relative humidity in the climatic test chamber. 
 

Measurement array for our research project on light protection in listed buildings.
 

Researchers who stare at stones. Excursion with colleagues from the Czech Republic to Bamberg Cathedral as part of the research project "Memories written in Stone".
 

The conservation science laboratory at the KDWT is now also accessible via a ramp. Many thanks to the university administration team for making this possible. 
 

The XXXI International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum and the XII International Forum for the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass took place in Erfurt from 15 July to 19 July 2024. The Chair of Restoration Science was represented with the contribution "Documenting with shadows: On the visualisation of production features in stained glass windows". The picture shows the choir of Erfurt Cathedral.
 

Leander Pallas monitoring in the university auditorium. For several years now, the Professorship for Materials and Preservation Science has been recording sample areas of the wall paintings at irregular intervals and comparing the data virtually. In this way, changes can be documented. 
 

Once again this year, Prof. Dr. Merzenich from the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences offered a fresco course in which students could become active themselves.
 

Our colleague Martina Pristl was working with the mobile XRF at a rather unusual location.
 

Non-destructive/minimally invasive testing methods can take up a lot of space in the vehicle. Shown here: 
- High resolution 3D scanner
- Terrestrial laser scanner
- Multispectral camera and lamps
- Active thermography camera and excitation unit
 

The ageing tests on mock-ups of historical materials will continue in 2024. More on this at the final event of the research project "Development and exemplary application of an 'in situ' humidification method with monitoring concept using the example of an anthropogenically damaged large-format wooden panel painting" on 14/15 March 2024 in Freising. Link to the programme.
 

View over the La Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject of study for the Professorship of Material and Preservation Science in WS 2023/24.

Congratulations to Alexandra on successfully passing her defence!
!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!