PreServe – Laboratory of Preventive and Interventive Conservation – Management of Cultural Heritage investigates, documents and safeguards both tangible and intangible cultural heritage. We combine preventive conservation and microclimate monitoring, digital documentation (3D, photogrammetry, GIS), physico-chemical analysis and open databases. We support cultural heritage institutions with evidence-based solutions, training, and outreach activities.

PreServe conducts research and interventions for the sustainable protection of cultural heritage – from environmental conditions and material behaviour to their digital representations and the communities that sustain them.

Research axes

• Preventive conservation & microclimate monitoring
  Environmental impacts: pollutants, ultraviolet radiation (UV), climate crisis, relative humidity and temperature.
• Materials conservation
  Inorganic and organic objects in archaeological and museum environments (stabilisation, restoration).
• Digital documentation
  3D scanning and photogrammetry, databases and metadata.
• Management of materials & procedures
  Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), conservation planning, training of staff and audiences.
• Intangible cultural heritage
  Documentation of expressions, skills and practices (oral traditions, craft techniques, traditional medicine, ecological practices).
• Digital storytelling & art
  Online archiving, digital art installations, animated web stories, virtual museums and interactive platforms.