Research as an integral part of conservation- restoration education

Research as an integral part of conservation- restoration education

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In the present paper we focus on the necessity of conservators-restorers to be equipped with scientific research tools such as observation skills from the beginning and throughout their education.We exemplify the necessity of this with two cases bushranger awning from the applied conservation-restoration practice in parchment and wax-resin lining of paintings, respectively, and show that research tools constitute an essential precondition not here only for practicing scientific research but also for the performance of a number of other activities in the professional life of a conservator-restorer.