Asian Material Heritage Protection

The task of the conserver-restorers of the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts is to protect the Asian material heritage to be found in the various collections. Our experienced public collection restorers with university degrees or higher education qualifications carry out the preservation, conservation and restoration of artefacts. Having completed arts, technical, methodological and scientific training courses, they plan and implement the examination of artefacts, determine any justified intervention, and make a summary of these in restoration documentation. The highly responsible job of restoring artefacts made with various Oriental techniques requires high ethical standards, special tools, materials and knowledge of specialist literature. Invaluable works of art can be preserved for future generations thanks to the planning and development of the preventive protection of artworks, which forms part of the activity of restorers, as well as by the continuous curating of the collections.

Picture 1: Buddha statue
Thailand, 19th century